Pintura del beneficio dela grana cochinilla en Mexico, [ca. 1775].

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Pintura del beneficio dela grana cochinilla en Mexico, [ca. 1775].

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Unsigned, undated illustrated ms., probably from Mexico, possibly from around 1775, documenting the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of the prickly pear or nopal cactus in Mexico for the production of cochineal dye.

[8] leaves, bound (last leaf blank) : col. ill. (watercolors) ; 31 cm.

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