Overview
An album of botanical paintings on pith "from the library of Rev. Frederic W. Holland, Harvard ’1831. Brought from China probably as early as 1840.
Dates
- Creation: circa1840
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted: Material extremely fragile. Please contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu for additional information.
Extent
0.1 linear feet (1 flat box) : 12 leaves (11 color plates, 1 title page) and binding ; 26 cmAn album of botanical paintings on pith "from the library of Rev. Frederic W. Holland, Harvard ’1831. Brought from China probably as early as 1840. Originally bound in blue silk."--Cf. Bookplate.
Physical Location
Botany Gray Herbarium, HERBARIUM CASE/Stacks #3.
Provenance
Gift of Miss E. E. P. Holland.
Previous call number
FL 51 Il3.
Digitization note
Harvard's Imaging Services department digitized this collection as part of the "Original botanical illustrations of the Botany Libraries" project.
- Title
- Illustrations of Chinese plants circa 1840: A guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Botany Libraries, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University.
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- gra00077
Repository Details
Part of the Botany Libraries, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard University Herbaria houses five research libraries that are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The Gray Herbarium Library specializes in the identification and classification of New World plants with emphasis on North American plants. The Archives of the Gray Herbarium houses unique resources including personal papers, institutional records, field notes and plant lists, expedition records, photographs, original artwork, and objects from faculty, curators, staff, and affiliates of the Gray Herbarium.
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