Plant stems
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p102r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 319mm
width (page): 225mm
width (page): 225mm
Subject
Description
Sectional studies of the stems of nine plant species viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 13 [upper left]: Purslane, Portulaca, referred to by Malpighi as the same.
Figure 14 [upper right]> Wheat, Triticum, referred to as Tritici.
Figure 15 [middle left]: Turkish, Turcicum, and Indian grain, Indicum granum, referred to as Turcico and Indico respectively.
Figure 16 [middle right]: Fern, Filix, referred to as Felicis.
Figure 17 [middle left]: Endive, Endivia, referred to as the same.
Figure 18 [lower left]: Chicory, Cichorium, referred to as Cichorio.
Figure 19 [lower right]: Bramble, Rubus, and vine, Vitis, referred to as Rubo and Vite respectively.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed ‘Tab. IV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 102 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. IV in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Figure 13 [upper left]: Purslane, Portulaca, referred to by Malpighi as the same.
Figure 14 [upper right]> Wheat, Triticum, referred to as Tritici.
Figure 15 [middle left]: Turkish, Turcicum, and Indian grain, Indicum granum, referred to as Turcico and Indico respectively.
Figure 16 [middle right]: Fern, Filix, referred to as Felicis.
Figure 17 [middle left]: Endive, Endivia, referred to as the same.
Figure 18 [lower left]: Chicory, Cichorium, referred to as Cichorio.
Figure 19 [lower right]: Bramble, Rubus, and vine, Vitis, referred to as Rubo and Vite respectively.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed ‘Tab. IV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 102 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. IV in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Object history
Marcello Malpighi’s research on the anatomy of plants was encouraged and supported by the Royal Society, as evidenced by correspondence between him and the then-Secretary, Henry Oldenburg FRS (1619-1677) in the 1660s and 1670s [MS/103/1].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
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Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
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