Page 700 (verso 699) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts a large creature with clawed forepaws and a fishlike tail, a boarlike snout, and twin stovepipe blowholes, spouting. The creature has teats and two young, one of which is suckling. The animals appear to be partially submerged in shallow water. With text in Latin on verso.
