Sea-devil or angler fish, Lophius piscatorius 99, endangered rough ray, Raja radula 97, thornback ray, Raja clavata 98, and Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus 100. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Jacques de Seve from James Smith Barr’s edition of Comte Buffon’s Natural History, A Theory of the Earth, General History of Man, Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, T. Gillet, H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row, London, 1808.

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