Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Il Campuccio
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Accession number:
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98-75
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Record number:
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98-75-009
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JCB call number:
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H790 C351s
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Image title:
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Il Campuccio
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Creator 1:
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Benedetto Bordiga
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Creator 1 dates:
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1768-1847
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Place image published:
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[Milan]
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Image publisher:
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[Giuseppe Marelli]
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Image date:
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[1791]
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Image function:
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plate XXIV [24]; vol. 1, following p. 204
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.9 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11.2 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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17.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Italian
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Description:
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Part of the logwood tree showing flowers, heart-shaped leaves, legume pods, and branches. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
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Source creator:
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Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
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Source Title:
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Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo I
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Source place of publication:
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Milano [Milan]
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Source publisher:
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Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
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Source date:
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1791
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notes:
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Logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. It is named after the town of Campeche, Mexico, and is used as a source of dye.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1998.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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