Pen and ink drawings of three varieties of citrus, labelled F1, F2 and F3. The varieties labelled 'F1 and F3' are shown with the full fruit and a corresponding cross section. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / F1. Limon sponginus calabriae Rugosus page 301 / F2. Limon sponginus liguriae verrucosus page 303 / F3. Aurantium citratum page 423 / tire de l'hesperides & voyez la feuille avec L'A &. The page numbers alongside each illustration are those on which the illustrations appear in the published work 'Hesperides sive de malorvm avreorvm cvltvra et vsv libri quatuor' by Giovanni Baptista Ferrari, published in Rome in 1646. See the reference to the illustrations traced by Jean Verbrugge on the previous folio page 42
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper