Tab 32: Classis XII. ICOSANDRIA ZWANTZIGFAEDICHTE. SUCCULENTAE. VIELSAEFTIGE GEWAECHSE
Information
Title
Tab 32: Classis XII. ICOSANDRIA ZWANTZIGFAEDICHTE. SUCCULENTAE. VIELSAEFTIGE GEWAECHSE
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/33
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 Icosandria. Plants illustrated include; Cactus, Sarracenia, Nymphaea, Aizoon, Tetragonia, Mesembryanthemum and Portulaca. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sculps'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner