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Cover illustration: Print from Manuel Arruda da Câmara, Memoria sobre a cultura dos algodoeiros e sobre o methodo de o escolher, e ensacar […], 1799. [Flor do algodão, estampas 1 e 2]. The illustration represents the cotton flower in its natural grandeur and on the first day of its appearance. Source: Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin.