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Réglisse
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-56
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7 June 1783 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.1 x 41 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Rosary pea (Abrus precatorius); in French, Abrus à chapelet; in Haitian Creole, Lyann legliz/Gren legliz. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Cap [Cap-Haïtien].
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Watermarks: B&C Blauw (full).
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Inscription (transcribed from recto): no. 56.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): no. 56.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 56. une Branche de Reglisse avec sa feuille sa fleur et son fruit grand. nat. Lianne dont la feuille a parfaitement le gout de Reglise et dont on fait de la ptisanne fait au Cap le 7 juin 1783 Rabié / no. 56 / une branche de Réglisse, avec sa feuille, sa fleur et son fruit, grandeur naturelle 1783. La feuille de cette liane a éxactement le goût et les propriétés de la Réglisse d’europe. La graine qui est rouge et noire s’emploie en colliers, bracelets &c.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 56. A branch of the rosary pea plant with its leaf, its flower, and its fruit, natural size. A vine with a leaf that tastes exactly like liquorice and from which an infusion [ptisanne] is made. Done at Cap-Haïtien, 7 June 1783, Rabié. / no. 56 / A branch of the rosary pea plant, with its leaf, its flower and its fruit, natural size, 1783. The leaf of this vine has the exact flavour and properties of European liquorice. The seed is red and black and is used to make necklaces, bracelets, etc.
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56
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56