Pomelo or Shaddock Occident/Palace of the Nobleman Sig. Cortuso under Malcesene

This image is an antique botanical print from Johann Christoph Volckamer’s work Nürnbergische Hesperides, published in the early 18th century. The print features a large citrus fruit, identified as a pomelo or shaddock, floating above a specific Italian villa. The engraving is from the first German edition, published in Nuremberg around 1708. It illustrates a pomelo or shaddock fruit, a large citrus variety. The building depicted below the fruit is identified as the villa of “N.Sig. Cortuso under Malcesene”.