COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
98-75
Record number:
98-75-17
JCB call number:
H790 C351s
Image title:
Il Cobureiba ossia Albero del Balsamo del Perù
Creator 1:
Gaudenzio Bordiga
Creator 1 role:
inc.
Place image published:
[Milan]
Image publisher:
[Giuseppe Marelli]
Image date:
[1792]
Image function:
plate LVI [56]; vol. 3, following p. 62
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
17.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
11.1 cm.
Page dimension height:
24.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
17.8 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Italian
Description:
Balsam of Peru showing roots, stem, leaves, seeds, and flower. Includes detail of root and seed. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
Source creator:
Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
Source Title:
Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo III
Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
Source publisher:
Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
Source date:
1792
notes:
Scientific name: Myroxylon balsamum. The resin of this plant is used for incense and in medicinal preparations. It is also known as balsam of Peru, because it was shipped to Spain from Peru. Gaudenzio and Benedetto Bordiga were brothers and engravers in Milan.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1998.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Peru
Il Cobureiba ossia Albero del Balsamo del Perù
