A species of Thottea: branch with flowers and pods and separate pods and sectioned flower. Coloured line engraving.

Date:
[1686]
Reference:
16194i
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[Amsterdam], [1686]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.4 x 41.8 cm

Lettering

Alpam̀ Lat. ... Mal. Apama ... Bra. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Bragantia wallichii Aristolochiaceae 138"

References note

See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21
J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986

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Wellcome Collection 16194i

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