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From Copperplate to Color Lithography : On the Modernization of an Illustrated Flora 1800-1900

Törnvall, Gunilla LU orcid (2017) In Book History 20. p.126-149
Abstract
In 1900 the Swedish botanist Carl Lindman was assigned responsibility for the republication of a one-hundred-year old illustrated flora, J. W. Palmstruch’s Svensk botanik (1802–43). The old hand-colored copperplates were meticulously examined, corrected, and supplied with new magnified details and then printed in color lithographs. This article closely examines, from a book historical perspective, how the new form governs the content of the plates in the new flora. It also discusses the process of copying illustrations as an integral part of more general scientific practice, as the plates in Palmstruch’s flora are closely connected with several other European floras.
Abstract (Swedish)
År 1900 blev botanisten Carl Lindman ansvarig för återutgivningen av en hundra år gammal illustrerad flora, J. W. Palmstruchs Svensk botanik (1802–43). De gamla handkolorerade kopparsticken undersöktes noggrant, korrigerades och försågs med nya förstorade detaljer och trycktes sedan med färglitografi. I denna artikel studeras, ur ett bokhistoriskt perspektiv, hur den nya formen påverkar innehållet i planscherna i den nya floran. Dessutom diskuteras kopiering av illustrationer som en integrerad del i en mer generell vetenskaplig praktik, eftersom planscherna i Palmstruchs flora är nära förbundna med flera europeiska floror.
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Från kopparstick till litografi : Om moderniseringen av en illustrerad flora 1800-1900
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Book History
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20
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126 - 149
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Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN
1098-7371
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Botanical pictures for the public: On the publication of Carl Lindman’s Bilder ur Nordens flora
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English
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yes
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186ee4da-cc6e-4135-b697-3c777d4ea0b2
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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/674966/pdf
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  author       = {{Törnvall, Gunilla}},
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  pages        = {{126--149}},
  publisher    = {{Johns Hopkins University Press}},
  series       = {{Book History}},
  title        = {{From Copperplate to Color Lithography : On the Modernization of an Illustrated Flora 1800-1900}},
  url          = {{https://muse.jhu.edu/article/674966/pdf}},
  volume       = {{20}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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