Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes can lay claim to be being the earliest known publication in colour on fish, though many specimens seem to border on …Continued
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Dr Mitchill and the Mathematical Tetrodon
One of the early Republic's great polymaths, New Yorker Samuel L. Mitchill was a man with a finger in many a pie, including medicine, science, …Continued
Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
A selection of plates from Albertus Seba's cabinet of natural curiosities, focusing on his elaborate and highly decorative presentations of shells and other marine life. …Continued
Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
Selected double-page spreads from Adriaen Coenen's exquisite Visboek (Fish Book), an epic 800 page tome on all things fish and fish-related. Coenen began work on …Continued