Botanical sketches by Paulus Roetter, 1848-1880.

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Botanical sketches by Paulus Roetter, 1848-1880.

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Sketches served as preliminaries for the Roetter lithographs which later appeared in the following 3 publications: Cataceae of the boundary / George Engelmann, 1859. (Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey under the order of Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory; v.2, pt. 1) ; Report on the botany of the expedition. No. 3 Description of the Cactaceae / George Engelmann and J.M. Bigelow. Washington: B. Tucker, 1856 (Explorations and surveys for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the thirty-fifth parallel, explored by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple); Revision of the genus Pinus and description of Pinus elliottii / George Engelmann. St. Louis: R.P. Studley, 1880. (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis ; v. 4, no.1).

122 drawings : graphite on paper.

Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H Raven Library

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Engelmann, George, 1809-1884

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Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887

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Roetter, Paulus, 1806-1894.

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Artist; produced botanical drawings for the works of George Engelmann, Louis Aggassiz, and various government expeditions and surveys concduted west of the Mississippi River. From the description of Botanical sketches by Paulus Roetter, 1848-1880. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772637 ...