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Page 686 (verso 685) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts part of a whale. Verso also depicts what appears to be a ring of bone or baleen from a whale. With text in Latin.


whales
1613-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Bellagambam
ink; laid paper; color wash
14 in x 9 1/4 in
Italy: Bologna