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Colored engraving from a book illustrating various animals, each labelled with its name and a figure number. The top half of the page is labelled "Class I - Mammalia." under which there are two columns, one labeled "Order VI-Pecora." and the other labelled "Order VII-Cete." Under the latter is an illustration of a beached whale with two blowholes, labelled "Common Whale" and "Fig. 10", as well as a beached grampus, labelled "Grampus" and "Fig. 11.". The second half of the page is labelled "Class II - Amphibia." under which there are two labels, "Order I-Reptilia." and "Order II-Serpentes." At the very bottom of the page is printed, "Engraved by J. Shury for Crabb's Technological Dictionary - Published by Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Feb. 1823."


whales
1823-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Shury, J.; Baldwin, Cradock & Joy
ink; paper
10 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in
Britain: London