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Coco
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-26
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1768 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 27.4 x 39.3 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera); in French, Cocotier; in Haitian Creole, Kokye. Place of creation: Haiti.
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General note
Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No 27.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 27.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Un Coco, avec son Envelope, et un coco cassé. Grand[eur] Nat[ure]lle 1768. Rabié / no. 26. / Cocos nucifera. / un coco avec son enveloppe, grandeur naturelle 1768. un coco cassé. on connoit asséz le coco. L’amande mangée fraiche est très bonne, L’eau qu’il renferme quand il n’est pas encore bien mur, est fade, et de difficile digestion L’enveloppe extérieure de la noix de coco est très filandreuse et sert à faire des cordages grossiers. La coque de la noix est très dure, ces noix petites ou grosses se gravent très bien et sont recherchées.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A coconut, with its husk, and a split coconut. Natural size 1768. Rabié / no. 26. / Cocos nucifera. / A coconut with its husk, natural size 1768. A coconut, split. The coconut is fairly well known. The nut eaten fresh is very good. The water it contains when it is not quite ripe is bland, and difficult to digest. The outer husk of the coconut is very fibrous and is used to make rough roping. The shell of the nut is very hard; these nuts, small or large, can be engraved very well, and are sought after.
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26
De Rabié number
27