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Apocynum androsaemifolium

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Title

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Subject

Plants, Medicinal
Apocynum
Book Illustrations

Description

Engraved by Annin and Smith from a drawing by Jacob Bigelow(?).
Colored engraving of branch of Apocynum androsaemifolium or Dog's Bane (Figure 1) with a "Pair of follicles" (Figure 2), a "Cone formed of the united stamens" (Figure 3), "Stamen detached" (Figure 4), "Side view of the calyx, nectaries and germs" (Figure 5), "Front view of the same" (Figure 6), and "A seed" (Figure 7).

Creator

Annin & Smith
Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879

Source

American Medical Botany was intended for the public and offered descriptions of each depicted plant’s botanical history, chemical analysis, and medical uses. It was the only book published in the United States prior to the introduction of chromolithography to have its plates mechanically printed in color. Bigelow initially planned to use hand colored copperplate engravings but, when this proved be too ambitious, turned to aquatint plates printed in colors à la poupée, with some finished by hand.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1817

Language

lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

Qx_116.pl36

Original Format

1 print : engraving, color

Physical Dimensions

21 x 14 cm

Citation

Annin & Smith and Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879, “Apocynum androsaemifolium,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 23, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/117.