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Frontispiece from a book with a woodcut of a bearded man riding a whale while playing a harp. The text reads, "Martini Borrhai in Mosem, diuinum legislatorem, paedagogum ad Messiam Seruatorem mundi, Commentarij: In Librum de Origine mundi, quem Genesim uocant. Exodum. Leuiticum. Numeros. Deuteronomium. Accessit locuples verum & verborum praecipue obseruandorum Index." The woodcut is titled "ARION" and below it is the printer's information. Blank verso. Paper has watermark with what appears to be an anchor.


whales
1555-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Oporini, Ioannis
ink; laid paper
11 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in
Switzerland: Basel