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Mille-Pieds. Le Scorpion
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- Source of title proper: Title from caption on recto.
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CA RBD 3-37
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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8 April 1784 (Creation)
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3 February 1784 (Creation)
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Physical description
2 illustrations : pencil and ink on paper with watercolour ; 13.1 x 18.6 cm (illustration) and 13.2 x 18.3 cm (illustration)
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Name of creator
(1717-1785)
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- Illustration of Haitian giant centipede (Scolopendra alternans); in French, Mille-pattes. Place of creation: au Cap.
- Illustration of Scorpion; in French, Scorpion. Place of creation: au Cap.
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Image 52 trimmed ; top and left side inscription cut.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): Mille Pieds.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Centipede.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Bête a mille pieds. grand nat. quy quil eu air encore de plus grosses au Cap le 8 avril 1784 Rabié/ Bête à mille pieds, de grandeur naturelle, quoi qu;il y en air de plus grosses.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Centipede. life size. there are even bigger ones at Le Cap 8 April 1784 Rabié/ Centipede, life size, even if there are bigger ones.
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): Le Scorpion.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): Scorpion.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): Scorpion grand. nat. u Cap le 3 fevrier 1784 Rabié/ Le scorpion de grandeur naturelle, mais il y eu de beaucoup plus gros.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): Scorpion life size at Le Cap 13 February 1784 Rabié/ Scorpion life size, but there are much larger ones.
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Item number
37
Image number
51, 52