'The Sea-Bat; and the Pyed Acarauna' George Edwards
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'The Sea-Bat; and the Pyed Acarauna'
Marine zoological studies of two fishes. Figures 1-3 are three views of the Longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus corniger. Figures 4-5 are referred to as an Acarauna, an unidentified variety of surgeonfish, with a detail of a scale. Plate 283 from chapter 73 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The plate is inscribed: "Brasilian Fishes Etched from nature of the Size of Life. G. Edwards Delin; Sculp: etc A.D. 1755."
Original: etching. 1755
- Image reference: RS-9993
- The Royal Society
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