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### Author
Schmidt, Carl \[Karl\] Friedrich (1811-1892), German (Berlin) botanical artist and lithographer; teacher (art master) at the Berlin horticultural school 1843-1853, and idem at the Friedrich-Werdersche Gymnasium ib. until 1887, ultimately with the title professor; prolific artist who illustrated many of the German illustrated botanical works of the 19th century; illustrator of the Botanische Zeitung 1843-1891.
**Abbreviated name**: *C.F. Schmidt* \[standard form in IPNI: *C.F.Schmidt*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown. – *Letters* to D.F.L von Schlechtendal.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 232; BM 1: 139, 4: 1845; Herder p. 365; NI 2: 267 (index); PR 646, 4595; Rehder 5: 772; TL-1/594, 595, 668, 709, 713; TL-2/3521, 3523, 3736, 3739. 3741, 3743-3744, 3746, 3806, 4335, 4703-4704, 5483, 6183; Tucker 1: 632; Zander ed. 10, p. 712, ed. 11, p. 720, 813.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Jahrb. 15 (Beibl. 35): 15. 1892 (d.); Bot. Zeit. 23: 244. 1865 (professor's title awarded by ministry of education and medicinal services), 28: 280. 1870 (change of address of his "Atelier"), 49: 143. 1891 (ceases work for Botanische Zeitung); Flora 48: 431. 1865 (professor's title); Naturw. Wochenschr. 7: 252. 1892 (d.).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 17: 64. 1859 (started a natural history workshop (naturhistorisches Atelier) in Berlin, uniting various botanical artists).
- Schmidt, C.F., Bonplandia 8: 172. 1860 (formation of "naturhistorisches Atelier").
- Schumann, K., Bot. Zeit. 50: 289-291. 1892 (obit., b. 22 Dec 1811, d. 8 Apr 1892).
#### Note
- (1) We have no information on Carl Schmidt "aus Rauden in Ober-Schlesien" who took a dr. phil. degree at Freiburg i.B. in 1888 on a thesis: "*Vergleichende Untersuchungen über die Behaarung der Labiaten und Boragineen*, Rybnik (Druck von Aug. Schoen's Nachf. M. Bartels) 1888. Oct, p. \[1\]-68, *1 pl*. (uncol. lith.), \[69, Feb 1888\], \[71\]. *Copies*: M, NSUB, USDA.
- (2) The same holds for Carl Schmidt aus Brandenburg a/H., author of a dissertation defended 6 Jul 1891 at Berlin (Dr. phil.), *Ueber den Blattbau einiger xenophilen Liliifloren*, p. \[1\]-34 \[35, 36\], *pl. 1-2. Copy*: G. – Preprinted (pp.) from Bot. Centralbl. 47: 1-6. 2 Jul 1891, 33-42. 25 Jul 1891, 97-107. 5 Aug 1891, 164-170. 12 Aug 1891.
### Publications
##### n.10.873. Darstellung und Beschreibung sämtlicher in der Pharmacopoea borussica aufgeführten off- izinellen Gewächse
**Title**
*Darstellung und Beschreibung sämtlicher in der Pharmacopoea borussica aufgeführten offizinellen Gewächse* oder der Stoffe, welche von ihnen in Anwendung kommen, nach natürlichen Familien von Dr. O.C. Berg... und C.F. Schmidt,... Leipzig (Verlag von Arthur Felix) \[1853-1863\] 4 vols. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Darstell. Beschr. off. Gew.*
**Notes**
*Senior author* (*text*): Otto Carl Berg (1815-1866).
*Publ*.: 1853-1863, in 34 Heften with *198* col. and *6* uncol. lithogr. with accompanying text. *Copies*: G, HH, NY, PH. – Copies with all plates uncolored were also issued.
*1*: Hefte 1-8, 1853-1858, p. \[i\]-iv, \[v, cont.\], *pl. 1a-f, 2a-2f, 3a-3f, 4a-4f, 5a-5f, 6a-6f, 7a-7f, 8a-8f*, w. text.
*2*: Hefte 9-16, 1858-1859, p. \[i\], *pl. 9a-9f, 10a-10f, 11a-11f, 12a-12f, 13a-13f, 14a-14f, 15a-15f, 16a-16f*, w. text.
*3*: Hefte 17-24, 1860-1861, p. \[i-iii\], *pl. 17a-17f, 18a-18f, 19a-19f, 20a-20f, 21a-21f, 22a-22f, 23a-23f, 24a-24f*, w. text.
*4*: Hefte 25-34, 1862-Dec 1863, p. \[i\]-x, *pl. 25a-25f, 26a-26f, 27a-27f, 28a-28f, 29a-29f, 30a-30f, 31a-31f, 32a-32f, 33a-33f, 34a-34f.*
The plate numbers are those of the Hefte; our information on the publication of the *Hefte* is still incomplete:
*1*: *pl. 1a-1f*, Bot. Zeit. 4 Nov 1853.
*2*: *pl. 2a-2f*, Bot. Zeit. 20 Jul 1855.
*3*: *pl. 3a-3f*, Flora 7 Nov 1856; Bot. Zeit. 17 Oct 1856, *rev*. 7 Nov 1856.
*4*: *pl. 4a-4f*, Bot. Zeit. publ. 1 Dec 1856, see issue for 19 Dec 1856, *rev*. 9 Jan 1857.
*5*: *pl. 5a-5f*, publ. 23 Feb 1857, see Bot. Zeit. 13 Mar 1857, *rev*. 1 Mai 1857.
*6*: *pl. 6a-6f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 11 Sep 1857.
*7*: *pl. 7a-7f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 22 Jan 1858.
*8*: *pl. 8a-8f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 9 Apr 1858, Flora 28 Aug 1858 (rev. vol. 1).
*9*: *pl. 9a-9f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 9 Jul 1858.
*10*: *pl. 10a-10f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 15 Oct 1858.
*11-12*: *pl. 10a-11f, 12a-12f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 13 Mai 1859.
*13-16*: *pl. 13a-13f, 16a-16f*, Bot. Zeit. *rev*. 6 Jan 1860 (review of vol. 2 as a whole; these four Hefte were all published in 1859).
*17-20*: *pl. 17a-17f, 20a-20f*, no reviews known.
*21*: *pl. 21a-21f*, Bot. Zeit. 1 Mar 1861.
*22*: *pl. 22a-22f*, Bonplandia 15 Apr 1861.
*23-24*: *pl. 23a-23f, 24a-24f*, Bot. Zeit. 4 Oct 1861 (*rev.*), Bonplandia 1 Nov 1862 (rev. of vol. 3).
*25-34*: remaining plates, prefaces, volume 4: Bot. Zeit. 21 Jun 1864 (*rev.*). Prefaces cited Aug 1863.
*New edition*: announced by Arthur Felix (publishers) late Nov 1889; see Bot. Zeit. 47: 820. 13 Dec 1889. This "neue Auflage" came out as *Atlas der officinellen Pflanzen*" 1891-1902, see below.
##### n.10.874. Atlas der officinellen Pflanzen
**Title**
*Atlas der officinellen Pflanzen*. Darstellung und Beschreibung der im Arzneibuche für das Deutsche Reich erwähnten Gewächse. Zweite verbesserte Auflage von Darstellung und Beschreibung sämmtlicher in der Pharmacopaea borussica aufgeführten officinellen Gewächse von Dr. O.C. Berg und C.F. Schmidt. Herausgegeben durch Dr. Arthur Meyer... \[und\] Dr. Karl Schumann... mit Tafel i-clxii. Leipzig (Verlag von Arthur Felix) 1891-1902. 4 vols. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Atlas off. Pfl.*
**Notes**
*Co-author of original text*: Otto Carl Berg (1815-1866), editors of ed. 2: \[Paul\] Arthur Meyer (1850-1922), Karl \[Moritz\] Schumann (1851-1904).
*Publ*.: in four volumes (28 Lieferungen) 1891-1902, as a second edition of *Darstell. Beschr. off. Gew.* See above. *Copy*: USDA.
*1*: 1891-1893, Lief. 1-8, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii-xi\], \[1\]-129, *pl. 1-32, 33a, 33b, 34-44* (col. liths. C.F. Schmidt).
*2*: 1894-1896, Lief. 8-16, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-121, *pl. 45-69, 70a, 70b, 71-94.*
*3*: 1896-1899, Lief. 17-23, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-102, *pl. 95-106, 107a, 107b, 108-132.* (Some pl. by T. Gürke).
*4*: 1899-1902, Lief. 24-28, p. \[i\], \[1\]-79, *pl. 133a, 133b, 134-142, 143a, 143b, 144-157, 158a, 158b, 159-162* (some pl. by T. Gürke).
|Lief. |pages |*plates* |dates t.p. |journal refs.|
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1-16 |1-6 |1891 |NN Feb(1, 2) 1891|
|2 |17-32 |7-12 |1891 |NN Jun(1) 1892|
|3 |33-54 |13-18 |1891 |NN Oct(1) 1892|
|4 |57-68 |19-24 |1892 |BZ 5 Feb 1892; NN Feb(2) 1892|
|5 |69-92 |25-30 |1892 |Nat. Nov. Jul(3) 1892|
|6 |93-108 |31-35 |1892 |BC 18 Jan 1893; BZ 1 Jul\* 1893; NN\* 1 Dec 1892|
|7 |109-116 |36-41 |1893 |NN Mar(2) 1893|
|8 |117-129, 1-8 |42-47 |1893 |NN Dec(1) 1893|
|9 | |48-53 |1894 |BZ 16 Mai 1894|
|10 | |54-59 |1894|
|11 | |60-65 |1894|
|12 | |66-70b |1894|
|13 | |71-76 |1895|
|14 | |77-82 |1895|
|15 | |83-88 |1895|
|16 | |89-94 |1896|
|17 | |95-100 |1896|
|18 | |101-106 |1897|
|19 | |107a-111 |1897|
|20 | |112-117 |1897|
|21 | |118-123 |1897|
|22 | |124-129 |1898|
|23 | |130-134 |1899|
|24 | |135-140 |1899 |BZ 16 Jun 1899|
|25 | |141-145 |1899|
|26 | |146-151 |1900 |BZ 1 Jan 1901|
|27 | |152-157 |1901|
|28 | |158-162 |1902 |BZ 1 Dec 1902|