COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09960
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09960
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Record number:
09960-26
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09960-26
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JCB call number:
E714 F426h
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E714 F426h
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Image title:
[left] Lysimachia Myrtifolia, flore albo, lineis incarnatis distincto, vulgò Vilu. [center] Madi. [right] Lysimachia Buxifolia, flore albo, lineis incarnatis distincto.
image_title
[left] Lysimachia Myrtifolia, flore albo, lineis incarnatis distincto, vulgò Vilu. [center] Madi. [right] Lysimachia Buxifolia, flore albo, lineis incarnatis distincto.
Image title
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Place image published:
[Paris]
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[Paris]
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false
Image publisher:
[Pierre Giffart]
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[Pierre Giffart]
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false
Image date:
1725
image_date
1725
Image date
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Image function:
plate XXVI [26]; part 2, following p. [76]
image_function
plate XXVI [26]; part 2, following p. [76]
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
Technique
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Image dimension height:
20.3 cm.
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20.3 cm.
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Image dimension width:
14.1 cm.
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14.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
24.2 cm.
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24.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
18.3 cm.
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18.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
Latin
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Latin
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Description:
[left] Lysimachia Myrtifolia plant with its root, leaves, and flowers. [center] Madi plant with its root, leaves, flowers, and a detail of its seed. [right] Lysimachia Buxifolia plant with its root, leaves, and flowers.
description
[left] Lysimachia Myrtifolia plant with its root, leaves, and flowers. [center] Madi plant with its root, leaves, flowers, and a detail of its seed. [right] Lysimachia Buxifolia plant with its root, leaves, and flowers.
Description
false
Source creator:
Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
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Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
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false
Source Title:
[Journal des observations physiques, mathématiques et botaniques. Selections] Histoire des plantes medecinales qui sont le plus en usage aux royaumes de l'Amerique meridionale, du Perou & du Chily, composée sur les lieux par ordre du Roy, dans les années 1709. 1710. & 1711.
source_title
[Journal des observations physiques, mathématiques et botaniques. Selections] Histoire des plantes medecinales qui sont le plus en usage aux royaumes de l'Amerique meridionale, du Perou & du Chily, composée sur les lieux par ordre du Roy, dans les années 1709. 1710. & 1711.
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
[A Paris]
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[A Paris]
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Source publisher:
[rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart]
source_publisher
[rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart]
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false
Source date:
1725
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1725
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notes:
[left] Feuillée gathered this specimen in Chile. [center] Madi is probably Madia sativa or Chile tarweed. Feuillée notes that its seeds produce an oil that can be a substitute for olive oil. [right] Lysimachia buxifolia may be Lysimachia sertulata or Chilean melilukul.Feuillée, a member of the order of Minims, worked with Jacques Cassini as a hydrographer and later made trips using his knowledge of currents, astronomy, and botany to the Caribbean, Peru, and Chile. Detached copy from v. 2 and [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques, Paris, 1714-1725. Imprint for this part taken from the title page of vol. [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques. Paris, 1725.
notes
[left] Feuillée gathered this specimen in Chile. [center] Madi is probably Madia sativa or Chile tarweed. Feuillée notes that its seeds produce an oil that can be a substitute for olive oil. [right] Lysimachia buxifolia may be Lysimachia sertulata or Chilean melilukul.Feuillée, a member of the order of Minims, worked with Jacques Cassini as a hydrographer and later made trips using his knowledge of currents, astronomy, and botany to the Caribbean, Peru, and Chile. Detached copy from v. 2 and [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques, Paris, 1714-1725. Imprint for this part taken from the title page of vol. [3] of the author's Journal des observations physiques, mathematiques et botaniques. Paris, 1725.
notes
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Time Period:
1701-1750
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1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.chilebos… http://www.chileflo… (Nov. 2008)
references_
http://www.chilebosque.cl/herb/lysimachia_sertulata.html; http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH0640.htm (Nov. 2008)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
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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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:
Botany--South America
subject_heads
Botany--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--South America
subject_heads
Natural history--South America
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Medicinal plants
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Medicinal plants
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Lysimachia
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Lysimachia
Subject headings
false