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Phocaena

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Page 720 (verso 719) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts a whale or orca with a top fin, in side view. With text in Latin, above, below, and on verso.

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