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Collection:
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
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09016
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Record number:
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09016-4
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JCB call number:
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G791 S973o
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Image title:
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Itea Cyrilla. Cyrilla racemiflora Linn.; Brunfelsia americana.
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Creator 1:
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Olof Swartz
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Creator 1 dates:
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1760-1818
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Creator 1 role:
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del.
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Creator 2:
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Volckart
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[Erlangen]
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Image publisher:
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[Jo. Jacobi Palmii]
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Image date:
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[1791]
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Image function:
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fold-out plate IV [4]; following p. 424
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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28.1 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19.8 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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34.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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24.2 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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Figure 1: Branch of a leatherwood or titi tree with its flower parts and seeds. Figure 2: Brunfelsia americana or lady of the night flower with its parts and the fruit of the shrub. Items are lettered for identification.
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Source creator:
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Swartz, Olof, 1760-1818
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Source Title:
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Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae Occidentalis aliaeque Systematis vegetabilium ...
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Source place of publication:
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Erlangae [Erlangen]
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Source publisher:
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Sumtu Jo. Jacobi Palmii
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXXXI [1791]
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notes:
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Leatherwood is a small tree or shrub that is semi-evergreen. Lady of the night is a shrub known for its strong fragrance at night.Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist who studied under Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. In 1783 he sailed for North America and the West Indies where he spent most of his time in Jamaica and Hispaniola collecting botanical specimens. He met Joseph Banks in London c. 1786. He was the first specialist in orchid taxonomy. Swartz said that this book contained only descriptions, observations and corrections on Linnaean West Indian plants and was a supplement to Murray's 1784 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Vegetabilium. The plates were engraved from drawings made by Swartz in the West Indies.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Caribbean area; Botany--Caribbean area
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References:
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http://www.jstor.or…(Nov. 2006); http://pick4.pick.u…(Nov. 2006)
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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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Image ID:
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6890007
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Resolution Size:
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7
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Format:
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SID
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Media Type:
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Image
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File Name:
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06897007.sid
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Width:
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4549
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Height:
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6675
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