Tab 22: Classis VI. HEXANDRIA. SECHSFAEDICHTE. PALMAE. PALMENBAEUME
Information
Title
Tab 22: Classis VI. HEXANDRIA. SECHSFAEDICHTE. PALMAE. PALMENBAEUME
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/23
Author or creator
Geissler; Christian Gottlieb (c.1729-1814); engraver
Date
1795-1804
Scope & content
Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting plants in the Linnaean class Hexandria. Plants illustrated include; Cycas, Arecca, Phoenix, Coccus, Elate, Chamaerops, Borassus, Corypha, and Caryota. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sc'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner