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Cassier
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CA RBD 4-31
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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1767 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.4 x 41.9 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Golden chain tree (Cassia fistula); in French, Laburnum indien; in Haitian Creole, Kas zabitan/Kas. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Marmelade/Mamlad.
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Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No 32. / Cassier. / Rabié fecit 1767. au Cap.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No 32. / Sweet acacia / Made by Rabié 1767. At Cap-Haïtien.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche de Cassier avec son fruit en partie, presque de Grand[eur] naturelle / au 1/3 / no. 31 / une branche de Cassier, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, presque de grandeur naturelle, La gousse est longue d’un pied; la pulpe est la casse qu’on emploie en médecine.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the sweet acacia, with its fruit, in part, almost natural size / at 1/3 / no. 31 / A branch of the sweet acacia, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, almost natural size. The pod is 1 foot long; the pulp is cassie which is used in medicine.
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Item number
31
De Rabié number
32