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(RUUSSCHER, M. de). Natuerlyke historie van de couchenille, beweezen met authentique documenten. Histoire naturelle de la cochenill, justifiée par des documens authentiques. Amst., H. Uytwerf, 1729. (12), 175, (3) pp. W. title-p. printed in red, & 1 engr. plate. Cont. vellum. (Vellum a bit loosening, name entry on ti., waterstained throughout).
Rare bilingual (Dutch/French) edition on the cochineal, a scale insect from which the dye carmine is derived. Traditionally, cochineal was used for coloring fabrics. Cochineal dye was used by the Aztec and Maya peoples of North and Central America as early as the second century BC. After the Spanish conquest, carmine became a valued and very important trade product. - Barbier II, 817f.€ 750
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