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Oseille de guinée, Caÿnitier sauvage
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-39
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1770 (Creation)
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2 illustrations : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.6 x 42.7 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa); in French, Oseille de Guinée; in Haitian Creole, Rozèl. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Illustration of Wild star-apple (Chrysophyllum oliviforme); in French, Caïmitier sauvage; in Haitian Creole, Kayimit/TiKayimit. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Paper patched for repair.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 40.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 40.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): une branche d’ozeille de guinée avec sa feuile et son fruit, grand. nat: et une branche de Caymitier de bois grand. nat. fait au Cap en 1770 Rabié / no. 39 / une branche d’oseille de guinée, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1770. Le fruit est acide et se mange en confitures qui approche beaucoup de la gelée de groseilles une branche de caÿmitier sauvage. grandeur naturelle, voir le no. 11.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): A branch of the Roselle plant with its leaf and its fruit, natural size; and a branch of the wild cainito tree. Natural size, done at Cap-Haïtien in 1770, Rabié. / no. 39 / A branch of the Roselle plant, with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size, 1770. The fruit is sour and is eaten in jams, which closely resemble currant jelly. A branch of the wild cainito tree. Natural size, see no. 11.
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39
De Rabié number
40