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Hand-colored engraving depicting two hammerhead sharks, one elevated in the air and the other with only its head emerging from the water. In the background is a small island with two single-masted ships moored by a ruined tower; further back is a coastal city and a mountain, and then the open sea. With an elaborate border, styled as a frame. Title printed in lower margin, in Latin and in German (this in blackletter typeface). 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
Wagner, Christian Ulrich
ink; laid paper; mounting
12 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in
Germany: Augsburg and Ulm