Hermann's tortoise, Testudo hermanni 1, common padloper, Homopus areolatus 2, geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 3, underside of Hermann's tortoise4, and European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis 5. Cinq coquilles de tortue particulieres. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Leitner Jun. after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew and Muller.

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