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Mariacauli et Cucujos ou Coucoye
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CA RBD 4-42
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1769 (Creation)
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2 illustrations : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 30.4 x 43 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Strawberry pear (Selenicereus triangularis [?]); in French, Cierge de selène; in Haitian Creole, Rakèt[?]. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Illustration of Fire beetle (Pyrophorus sp.); in French, Taupin lumineux. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Watermarks: Countermark "IV", initials for Jean Villedary.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): 43 Mariacauli et Cucujos ou Coucouye.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): 43 Mariacouli and Fire beetle.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): no. 43. Mariacauli, Grand. nat. avec une Coucoye. fait au Cap en 1769 Rabié. / no. 42 / une tige de mariacouli, espece de raquette, avec sa fleur et son fruit coupé. grandeur naturelle 1769. La chair de ce fruit est insipide une coucouille, scarabée, éclairant, la nuit.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): no. 43. Mariacouli, natural size, with a Fire beetle. Done at Cap-Haïtien in 1769 Rabié. / no. 42 / A branch of mariacouli, a type of prickly-pear, with its flower and its fruit, cut. Natural size, 1769. The flesh of this fruit is bland; a Fire beetle, click beetle, which lights up at night.
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42
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43