Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, and catshark…

Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, and catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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3695 x 6466 pixels

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12 x 22 inches / 31 x 55 cm

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