The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particularly the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To the whole, is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of / By Mark Catesby ... Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride, & les Isles Bahama: contenant les desseins des oiseaux, animaux, poissons, serpents, insectes, & plantes. Et en particulier, des arbres des forets, arbrisseaux, & autres plantes, qui n'ont point été decrits, jusques à present par les auteurs, ou peu exactement dessinés. Avec leur descriptions en françois & en anglois. A quoi on a adjouté, des observations sur l'air, le sol, & les eaux, avec des remarques sur l'agriculture, les grains, les legumes, les racines, &c. Le tout est precedé d'une carte nouvelle & exacte des païs dont il s'agist.
A hand-colored engraved botanical plate shows a slender twining stem bearing clusters of magenta berries among broad green leaves, with small pink flowers at upper right and curling tendrils below. The plate is numbered 47 and set on a cream ground, in the style of an eighteenth-century natural history book.
- Artist
- Mark Catesby
- Date
- 1731-1743
- Medium
- Illustrated works
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 3019 × 4000 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: Lámina 47 de la Historia natural de Carolina de Catesby
Una lámina botánica grabada y coloreada a mano muestra un tallo delgado y enredado que lleva racimos de bayas magenta entre hojas anchas y verdes, con pequeñas flores rosadas arriba a la derecha y zarcillos rizados abajo. La lámina está numerada 47 y sobre un fondo crema, al estilo de un libro de historia natural del siglo XVIII.
Português: Prancha 47 da História natural da Carolina, de Catesby
Uma prancha botânica gravada e colorida à mão mostra um caule fino e trepador que sustenta cachos de bagas magenta entre folhas largas e verdes, com pequenas flores rosadas no alto à direita e gavinhas enroladas embaixo. A prancha está numerada 47 sobre um fundo creme, no estilo de um livro de história natural do século XVIII.
