COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
73-36
Record number:
73-36-1
JCB call number:
H677 P498p
Image title:
Frutto dell' albero chiamato araticu.
Place image published:
[Amsterdam]
Image publisher:
[Jansson van Waesberge]
Image date:
[1677]
Image function:
plate; p. 91
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
19.5 cm.
Image dimension width:
13.8 cm.
Page dimension height:
22.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
19.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Italian
Description:
Fruit, seeds, and nuts of the biriba or araticu pana tree.
Source creator:
Petrucci, Giuseppe, d. 1680
Source Title:
Prodomo [sic] apologetico alli studi Chircheriani. Opera di Gioseffo Petrucci Romano, nella quale con un' apparato di saggi diversi, si dà prova dell' esquisito studio ha tenuto ... Atanasio Chircher
Source place of publication:
In Amsterdam
Source publisher:
Presso li Janssonio-Waesbergj
Source date:
M D C LXXVII [1677]
notes:
The biriba, Rollinia mucosa, is native to Brazil and much of South America.Petrucci was a disciple of Athanasius Kircher, and his work is an eclectic assembly of various marvels of culture and nature.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1973.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic area:
Spanish America
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--Brazil
Frutto dell' albero chiamato araticu.
