Bloch, M. E. - Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands. Plate LXXXVI (86) Squalus Glaucus. Der blaue Hay. Le Cagnot bleu. The Blue Shark.Berlin, privately published and J. Morino, 1783. Oblong folio (24.4 x 41.1 cm). Printed engraving with fine, original hand1colouring. An excellent and rare plate from one of the most important 18th century books on fishes. Bloch, a German doctor and naturalist, is considered to be one the most important ichthyologist of the 18th-century and his collection of roughly 1500 specimens are preserved in Humboldt University's Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. All of the prints are beautifully coloured, with a fine glazing that cannot be reproduced in modern prints. This plate from the 8vo-edition with a very weak vertical fold, as usual. Left border pasted over; otherwise a very good, clean copy. No dents or tears present. Dean I, p. 139; Nissen Schöne Fischbücher, 22. EUR 200.00 [Appr.: US$ 215.85 | £UK 170.25 | JP¥ 33862] Book number 73654is offered by:
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