Chinese School, 19th Century An album of Chinese botanical watercolours of fruit and vegetables. [n.p., n.d. but ?Canton: circa 1830]. Small oblong 2° (231 x 336mm). 8 fine water- and bodycolour drawings of Chinese fruits, some heightening with gum arabic, 7 titled in ink in English at foot of leaf, all on western laid paper. (Two drawings with titles partially erased.) Original printed-patterned paper-covered boards, g.e. (backstrip torn with some loss). A good collection of chinese botanical studies of fruit. The subjects are: 1.Wompee. Clausena lansium . Titled 'The "Wampee"'. 2.Lychee (heart-shaped). Litchi chinensis . Titled 'The Lee Chee'. 3.Loquat and Asian (Nashi) Pears. Eriobotrya japonica and Pyrus pyrifolia . Titled 'The Locoosee or Loquats'. 4.Oranges. Citrus reticulata . Titled '"Naringee" or Orange'. 5.Grapes and Apple. Vitis vinifera & Malus domestica .Untitled. 6.Star fruit. Averrhoa carambola . (Title partially erased and illegible). 7.Banana fruit and leaf. Musax paradisiaca . Titled 'The Trada or Plaintain'. 8.Water-chestnut. Trapa bicornis . (Title partially erased and illegible).
Chinese School, 19th Century An album of Chinese botanical watercolours of fruit and vegetables. [n.p., n.d. but ?Canton: circa 1830]. Small oblong 2° (231 x 336mm). 8 fine water- and bodycolour drawings of Chinese fruits, some heightening with gum arabic, 7 titled in ink in English at foot of leaf, all on western laid paper. (Two drawings with titles partially erased.) Original printed-patterned paper-covered boards, g.e. (backstrip torn with some loss). A good collection of chinese botanical studies of fruit. The subjects are: 1.Wompee. Clausena lansium . Titled 'The "Wampee"'. 2.Lychee (heart-shaped). Litchi chinensis . Titled 'The Lee Chee'. 3.Loquat and Asian (Nashi) Pears. Eriobotrya japonica and Pyrus pyrifolia . Titled 'The Locoosee or Loquats'. 4.Oranges. Citrus reticulata . Titled '"Naringee" or Orange'. 5.Grapes and Apple. Vitis vinifera & Malus domestica .Untitled. 6.Star fruit. Averrhoa carambola . (Title partially erased and illegible). 7.Banana fruit and leaf. Musax paradisiaca . Titled 'The Trada or Plaintain'. 8.Water-chestnut. Trapa bicornis . (Title partially erased and illegible).
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