Sprouting leaves
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p110r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Description
Sectional studies of sprouting leaves of various plant species viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 58 [upper illustrations]: Quince tree, Cydonia vulgaris, referred to by Malpighi as Cydoniae mali.
Figure 59 [central]: Rose, Rosa, referred to as Romasum.
Figure 60 [central]: Poppy, Papaver, referred to as Opio.
Figure 61 [lower]: White and black grape vines, Vitis, referred to as Vite.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed ‘Tab. XII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 110 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XII 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 58 [upper illustrations]: Quince tree, Cydonia vulgaris, referred to by Malpighi as Cydoniae mali.
Figure 59 [central]: Rose, Rosa, referred to as Romasum.
Figure 60 [central]: Poppy, Papaver, referred to as Opio.
Figure 61 [lower]: White and black grape vines, Vitis, referred to as Vite.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed ‘Tab. XII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 110 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XII 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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