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Gouÿavier
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-21
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5 October 1775 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.3 x 42.5 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Common guava (Psidium guajava); in French, Goyavier; in Haitian Creole, Pye gwayav. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Trimmed.
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Watermarks: Strasbourg lily (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 15.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 15.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche de Gouyave, avec sa feüille, sa fleur et son fruit, et une Gouyave Coupée. fait au Cap le 5 8bre 1775. Rabié / no. 21 / une Branche de gouÿavier, avec sa fleur, sa feuille et son fruit 1775. grand. nat. une gouyave coupée. La gouyave mure est d’un bon goût, exhalant un parfum très fort. on en fait une conserve excellente; ainsi qu’une gelée qui se conserve longtemps.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the common guava, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, and a cut guava fruit. Made at Cap-Haïtien 5 October 1775. Rabié / no. 21 / A branch of the common guava, with its flower, its leaf, and its fruit 1775. Natural size. A guava fruit, cut. The ripe guava fruit has a good flavour, giving off a very strong scent. It makes an excellent preserve; as well as a jelly which keeps for a long time.
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Item number
21
De Rabié number
15