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Cover illustrations: (central image) A pufferfish. Drawing (anonymous) made in Frankfurt, before 1565. Gessner-Platter Animal Albums, Album III C 22, fol. 130. © Amsterdam, University Library; (background image) Sadeler (I) Johan after Maarten de Vos, The Fifth Day of the Creation, detail. Print, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. RP-P-OB-5394.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Smith, P. J. (Paul J.), editor. | Egmond, Florike, illustrator.
Title: Ichthyology in context (1500â1880) / edited by Paul J. Smith, Florike Egmond.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024 | Series: Intersections, 1568â1181 ; volume 87 | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023045781 (print) | LCCN 2023045782 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004681170 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004681187 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: IchthyologyâEarly works to 1800. | IchthyologyâHistoryâ19th century. | Aquatic animalsâSocial aspectsâEuropeâHistory. | FishesâSocial aspectsâEuropeâHistory. | Aquatic animals in art. | Fishes in art.
Classification: LCC QL614.8 .I24 2024 (print) | LCC QL614.8 (ebook) | DDC 597âdc23/eng/20231102
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ISSN 1568-1181
ISBN 978-90-04-68117-0 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-68118-7 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004681187
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