'Ilex coccigera'
Date
1750
Creator
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707 - 1758, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
28651
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 375mm
width (page): 228mm
width (page): 228mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of Singapore holly, Malpighia coccigera [listed here as Ilex coccigera]. The plant is native to the Caribbean.
Plate 186 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Ilex coccigera [1. 2. Bliithe [?] 3-6. Frucht 7. Scharlach Beer]'
Translates as: 'Ilex coccigera [1. 2. unknown [?] 3-6. Fruit 7. Scarlet Berry]'
Plate 186 from Elizabeth Blackwell's Vermehrtes und verbessertes Blackwellisches Krauter-Buch..., volume two; the German version of her A Curious Herbal (1737-1739), a reference work on medicinal plants.
Inscribed below: 'Ilex coccigera [1. 2. Bliithe [?] 3-6. Frucht 7. Scharlach Beer]'
Translates as: 'Ilex coccigera [1. 2. unknown [?] 3-6. Fruit 7. Scarlet Berry]'
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