Breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea. Species of sea sponge with 56 Latin names. Devil's hand, Alcyonium manusdiaboli. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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