COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
98-75
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98-75
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Record number:
98-75-019
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98-75-019
Record number
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JCB call number:
H790 C351s
jcb_call_no
H790 C351s
JCB call number
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Image title:
Il Sassafras
image_title
Il Sassafras
Image title
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Creator 1:
G. B.
creator1
G. B.
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
inc.
creator1_role
inc.
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false
Place image published:
[Milan]
place_image_published
[Milan]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Giuseppe Marelli]
image_publisher
[Giuseppe Marelli]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1792]
image_date
[1792]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate LVIII [58]; vol. 3, following p. 78
image_function
plate LVIII [58]; vol. 3, following p. 78
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.6 cm.
image_dimensions_height
17.6 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
11.2 cm.
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11.2 cm.
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
24.7 cm.
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24.7 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
17.8 cm.
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17.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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false
Materials support:
paper
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paper
Materials support
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Languages:
Italian
languages
Italian
Languages
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Description:
Sassafras showing branch from tree, leaves, seeds, and flowers. Includes detail of flowers and seed pods. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
description
Sassafras showing branch from tree, leaves, seeds, and flowers. Includes detail of flowers and seed pods. Items in the image are lettered for identification in adjoining text.
Description
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Source creator:
Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
source_creator
Castiglioni, Luigi, 1757-1832
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo III
source_title
Storia delle piante forestiere le più importanti nell'uso medico, od economico ... Tomo III
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false
Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
source_place_of_publication
Milano [Milan]
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false
Source publisher:
Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
source_publisher
Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe Marelli
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false
Source date:
1792
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1792
Source date
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notes:
During the sixteenth century, sassafras was one of the foremost of New World exports and was used in the treatment of syphilis, as well as to cure fevers, including those from malaria. Scientific name: Sassafras officinale. Gaudenzio and Benedetto Bordiga were brothers and engravers in Milan.
notes
During the sixteenth century, sassafras was one of the foremost of New World exports and was used in the treatment of syphilis, as well as to cure fevers, including those from malaria. Scientific name: Sassafras officinale. Gaudenzio and Benedetto Bordiga were brothers and engravers in Milan.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
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Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1998.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1998.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Materia medica
subject_heads
Materia medica
Subject headings
false