Pen and ink drawings of five varieties of citrus, labelled K, L, M , N , O. The full fruit is shown growing on the branch, alongside a corresponding cross section.. LC: 'Regne Vegetal / K. Aurantium olissiponense page 427 / L. Aurantium foetiferum page 405 / M. idem page 405 / N. Alia lima citrata obolonga et monstrosa sive scabiosa page 337 / 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