M. Gillett botanical plates
Content Description
This collection contains a single-bound manuscript produced by an English student of botany, dated 1838 with the name and date "M.Gillet" inscribed on the front endpaper with "M. Gillet" stenciled with a floral wreath border in the front free endpaper. The book contains watercolor, pencil, and ink illustrations of plants. The manuscript opens with tissue-guarded images of common English plants, including a key to leaves ("roundish," "linear," "kidney-shaped,"... "trowel-shaped"). The text appears to be the student's own synthesis of botanical terms and concepts, rather than the transcription of a published work. The fourteen numbered ink plates throughout the text are as follows: "Elementary organs," "Compound organs," "Linnaean classes," "Linnaean orders," and "A table of the primary divisions of the natural order."
See moreDates
- Creation: 1838
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is minimally processed and open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical Description
The identity of M.Gillet is unknown, but it is possible that this may have been the work of a female student as botany was one of the few scientific pursuits deemed suitable for women in the nineteenth century.
Extent
.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library of the University of Virginia makes its bibliographic records and the metadata contained therein available for public use under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Designation. (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ )
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Honey & Wax Booksellers by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on 16 April 2024.
- Title
- Guide to the M. Gillett botanical plates
- Author
- Eric Willersdorf, Student Accessioning Archivist Assistant
- Date
- 27 March 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States