Ichthyolite. Fossilized Icthyology. Fishes in Slate, c1810

by Rees, Abraham

Fish Fossil antique print. In black Schistose Slate (Isleben, Germany).

Original copperplate engraving by Milton for “The New Cyclopaedia” compiled by Abraham Rees and published circa 1810 by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme of Paternoster Row in London. 

Having served a long apprenticeship as a reviser of Chambers’ Encyclopaedia, between 1802 and 1820 Rees produced the greatest encyclopaedia of the early 18th century, a completely original, finely illustrated work, using the finest artists and experts in each field. With over 240 engraved portraits of famous and unusual subjects, in each of seven volumes, it was titled "The Cyclopaedia or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature".

Page measures 27 x 21cm (10.5 x 8.25 inches).