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Botanical Illustrations of Fruits

Handcolored engravings featuring a variety of fruits including plums, mangoes, and cherries. Detailed depictions highlight their natural beauty and botanical characteristics.

Custard apple or Bullock's heart (Annona reticulata L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Custard apple or Bullock's heart (Annona reticulata L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
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Apple, two varieties: `Mironczik' obyknawiennyj` and `Mironczik' temnokrasnyj`; sheet from a herbarium. Stroobant, fils (Gandawa ; zakład litograficzny ; fl. ca 1850-1885), lithography atelier, Stroobant, Louis Constantin (1814-1872), graphic artist
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Kulturpflanze, Indischer Mangobaum, Mangifera indica, Illustration von Carl Bollmann, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 69888pl
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Daikon, winter radish, or Chinese radish, Raphanus sativus. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857.
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Fruit tree trunks, with apples and pears, Malus domestica, Pyrus communis. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
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Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
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Aenigma, Studies of plants, insects (e.g. moth) Chart 3 of part IV of the cycle.. Hoefnagel, Jacob (1575-ca 1630), graphic artist, Hoefnagel, Joris (1542-1601), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Kulturpflanze, Echter Gummiguttbaum, Garcinia hanbury, Illustration von Carl Bollmann, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 69892pl
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Indian nut. Miller, Joseph, 1668 or 1669-1748. Botanical illustrations, Prints. 1739. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Botany, Botany, Medical
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Blue and white grapes, Vitis vinifera. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
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Studies of plants (e.g. sere rose bud), insects (butterflies), a shell and a scorpion; chart 4 of part IV of the cycle.. Hoefnagel, Jacob (1575-ca 1630), graphic artist, Hoefnagel, Joris (1542-1601), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Ranunculus (Ranunculus), hand-coloured copper engraving after Mario Cammerari by Professor Filippo Arena from La Natura, Fiori fisicamente esposta, Nature and Culture of Flowers, 1771, Palermo, Italy, Europe
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Watercolor Image of lemons (scientific name: Citrus limon), with this specimen originating in Pasadena, Los Angeles County ca. 26 August 1910.
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Tamarind (Tamarindus indica), 18th century illustration
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Edible tubers, Tubercules alimentaires. Potato varieties, Solanum tuberosum, pomme de terre. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr. Gerard and Francois Herincqs La Regne Vegetal: Horticulture: Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, L. Guerin, Paris, 1864-1871.
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Varieties of oranges, misshapen and bulbous forms.. Citrus aurantium. Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History) 1820. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.
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Jeffries Apple, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, US Dept of Agriculture, Illustration, 1888
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Cultivated plant, real gummy tree, Garcinia hanbury, illustration by Carl Bollmann, reproduction from a 19th century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown
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Illustration of Opuntia tomentosa S.D. Here As Cactus coccinellifer. Pierre-Joseph Redoute, public domain
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A "Cox's" Orange Pippin apple (Malus sylvestris cv.). Coloured zincograph by J. Andrews, c. 1861, after himself.
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Joris Hoefnagel, Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva) Plate LI, c 1575 1580 Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LI
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Kulturpflanze, Süßkartoffel, Batate, Batata edulis, Illustration von Carl Bollmann, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 69876pl