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Genesis Cap. I.v.21 Opus Quintae Diei

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Uncolored engraving depicting fishes in the sea, as well as whales. There are flying fishes in the air, and seabirds. There is a border composed of marine life of many shapes and types, including a horseshoe crab, a carpenter shark, a puffer fish, and a seahorse. Title is printed in Latin and German (this in blackletter) in the lower margin. From "Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra oder geheiligte Naturwissenschafft derer in der heiligen Schrifft vorkommenden nat�_rlichen Sachen" by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.


whales
1731-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Cornivus, A.; Wagner, Christian Ulrich
ink; laid paper
14 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in
Germany: Augsburg and Ulm