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Uncolored engraving depicting six seals or medals, with captions in Latin. Middle right depicts a fishlike creature with a wizened, monstrous face, on the surface of the water, with the text "QVID IN ARIDO" atop the seal. Pencilled inscription in lower margin draws attention to this image in particular: "No 4 Cetus Monstrum Marinum". Page 135 of the book "Symbola varia Diversorum Principum Sacrossane. Ecclesiae Et Sacre Imperij Romani," by Jacobus Typotius (1602). With text in Latin on verso.


whales
1602-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Sadeler, E.
ink; laid paper; mounting
12 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in
Czech Republic: Prague