Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.12589

    Beech wood, lily and pear

    Date
    1682
    Creator
    Creator - Organisation
    W Rawlin, Publisher
    After
    Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Botanist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (plate): 206mm
    width (plate): 168mm
    height (page): 345mm
    width (page): 223mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Botanical study of the stalks, flowers and seeds of various plants.

    Inscribed ‘Tab IV. fig.1 Piece of Beech Wood. f.2. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Asarum. f.3. Stalkes of Leafes of Cichory. f.4. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Cabbage. f.5. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Coltsfoot. f.6. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Endiue. f.7. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Ivy. f.8. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Dock. f.9. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Mint. f.10. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Borage. f.11. Stalkes of ye Leafes of Mullein. f.12. Lily. f.13. Peruvian Starwort. f.14. Peare. f.15. Aprecock. f.16. ye Secundine. f.17. Coats of lupine. f.18. Lupine.

    Plate 4 from The anatomy of plants by Nehemiah Grew printed by W Rawlins (London, 1682).

    Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) was a British botanist, he was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 1671. He acted as Curator of Plants at the Royal Society 1672-1673. His work on plants made extensive use of the microscope to understand and illustrate plant structure, from root to flower.

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