COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
88-43
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88-43
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Record number:
88-43-16
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88-43-16
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JCB call number:
J696 Z98t / 2-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J696 Z98t / 2-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
[lower right] Balsam=baum. Arbor Balsamifera Peruviana.
image_title
[lower right] Balsam=baum. Arbor Balsamifera Peruviana.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Basel]
place_image_published
[Basel]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Jacob Bertsche]
image_publisher
[Jacob Bertsche]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1696]
image_date
[1696]
Image date
false
Image function:
illustration; p. 284
image_function
illustration; p. 284
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
11.8 cm. [lower right]
image_dimensions_height
11.8 cm. [lower right]
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false
Image dimension width:
6.7 cm. [lower right]
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6.7 cm. [lower right]
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Page dimension height:
36 cm.
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36 cm.
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false
Page dimension width:
22 cm.
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22 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
false
Description:
[lower right] Branch of the Peruvian balsam tree with its flowers. Includes details of its roots, leaf, and legume.
description
[lower right] Branch of the Peruvian balsam tree with its flowers. Includes details of its roots, leaf, and legume.
Description
false
Source creator:
Zwinger, Theodor, 1658-1724
source_creator
Zwinger, Theodor, 1658-1724
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Theatrum botanicum, das ist: Neu vollkommenes Kräuter-Buch, worinnen allerhand Erdgewächse der Bäumen, Stauden und Kraütern, welche in allen vier Theilen der Welt, sonderlich aber in Europa herfür kommen ...
source_title
Theatrum botanicum, das ist: Neu vollkommenes Kräuter-Buch, worinnen allerhand Erdgewächse der Bäumen, Stauden und Kraütern, welche in allen vier Theilen der Welt, sonderlich aber in Europa herfür kommen ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Basel
source_place_of_publication
Basel
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false
Source publisher:
gedruckt und verlegt durch Jacob Bertsche
source_publisher
gedruckt und verlegt durch Jacob Bertsche
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.DC.LXXXXVI. [1696]
source_date
M.DC.LXXXXVI. [1696]
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notes:
The scientific name for Peruvian balsam is Myroxylon pereirae or perhaps Myroxylon peruiferum. It was indigenous to Central America and Jamaica.Authorship according to British Museum (Natural History): This is based on Verzascha's edition of Pier Andrea Mattioli's "De Plantis Epitome utilissima..." from Verona, 1586, but so much altered and extended as practically to constitute a new work. Illustrated with about 1200 annotated woodcuts in the text by Gesner/ Camerarius (Iochino Camerario) originally used by Mattioli. Gesner had been preparing material for a massive historia plantarum but died before finishing the task. Camerarius acquired the material, utilized the woodcuts and supplemented them with his own designs. The woodcuts are remarkable in their scientific detail especially in the enlarged depictions of floral structure, seeds, and fruit. First appearing in 1586, these woodcuts became a convention in scientific botanical illustration. Zwinger was professor of physics and botany at Basel.
notes
The scientific name for Peruvian balsam is Myroxylon pereirae or perhaps Myroxylon peruiferum. It was indigenous to Central America and Jamaica.Authorship according to British Museum (Natural History): This is based on Verzascha's edition of Pier Andrea Mattioli's "De Plantis Epitome utilissima..." from Verona, 1586, but so much altered and extended as practically to constitute a new work. Illustrated with about 1200 annotated woodcuts in the text by Gesner/ Camerarius (Iochino Camerario) originally used by Mattioli. Gesner had been preparing material for a massive historia plantarum but died before finishing the task. Camerarius acquired the material, utilized the woodcuts and supplemented them with his own designs. The woodcuts are remarkable in their scientific detail especially in the enlarged depictions of floral structure, seeds, and fruit. First appearing in 1586, these woodcuts became a convention in scientific botanical illustration. Zwinger was professor of physics and botany at Basel.
notes
false
Time Period:
1651-1700
time_period
1651-1700
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false
References:
http://vialibri.net… http://www.innvista… (Aug. 2007)
references_
http://vialibri.net/552display/year_1696_07.html; http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/perubals.htm (Aug. 2007)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1987.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1987.
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
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false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Central America
subject_heads
Natural history--Central America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Medicinal plants--Central America
subject_heads
Medicinal plants--Central America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Botany--Central America
subject_heads
Botany--Central America
Subject headings
false