Cushion star, Ceramaster granularis 1,2, red comb star, Astropecten aranciacus 3, black brittle star, Ophiocomina nigra 4, and crevice brittle star, Ophiopholis aculeata 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. 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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