Tab 29: Classis X. DECANDRIA. ZEHENFAEDICHTE. A. Monogynia. BICORNES. MOOS=BEERARTIGE
Information
Title
Tab 29: Classis X. DECANDRIA. ZEHENFAEDICHTE. A. Monogynia. BICORNES. MOOS=BEERARTIGE
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/30
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 Decandria. Plants illustrated include; Melastoma, Kalmia, Ledum, Rhododendrum, Azalea, Andromeda, Vaccinium, Erica, Blaeria, Myrsine, Empetrum, Epigaea, Gaultheria, Arbutus, Clethra, Pyrola, Trientalis, Memecylon, Santalum, Diospyros, Royena, Ruta, Melia, Schinus and Monotropa. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sculps'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner