Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [left] Soldanella facie, flore infundibuli forma. [right] Quinchamali, Lini folio.
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Accession number:
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09960
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Record number:
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09960-44
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JCB call number:
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E714 F426h
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Image title:
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[left] Soldanella facie, flore infundibuli forma. [right] Quinchamali, Lini folio.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Pierre Giffart]
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Image date:
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1725
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Image function:
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plate XLIV [44]; part 2, following p. [76]
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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18.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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14 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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18.3 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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Latin
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Description:
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[left] Soldanella vine with its leaves and roots. [right] Quinchamali plant with its roots, leaves, and flowers.
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Source creator:
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Feuillée, Louis, 1660-1732
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Source Title:
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[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.
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Source place of publication:
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[A Paris]
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Source publisher:
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[rue S. Jacques, chez Pierre Giffart]
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Source date:
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1725
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notes:
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Soldanella is probably Calystegia soldanella or seashore false bindweed, native to the west coast of the Americas. Quinchamali is probably Quinchamalium chilense.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
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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References:
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http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CASO2; http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraSpanish/HighResPages/SH0014.htm (Nov. 2008)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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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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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Botany--South America
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Subject headings:
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False bindweeds
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--South America
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Subject headings:
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Medicinal plants--South America
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