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One of a set of four small colourful fish: Lutian of Surinam Lutianus Surinamensis. Holocentre of Surinam Holocentrus Surinamensis. Dog's Tooth. Sparus Cynodon. and Anchor-Tooth Sparus Anchorago. Reproductions of very pretty fish, from original hand-coloured copperplate engravings drawn and engraved by J.F. Hennig for “Icthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulere des Poissons” (Icthyology, or General and Specific Natural History of Fish") published in Germany between 1785 and 1797 by Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799).Considered to be one of the finest publications ever published on fish, the detail on the original engravings was quite remarkable, with some scales highlighted in gold and silver leaf. Size of print is 6 x 10 inches or 15 x 25cm Price: $4.40 (AUD) inc GST |
