Dragonfish and paddlefish

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Little dragonfish, Eurypegasus draconis, Pegase dragon, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, Polyodon feuille. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles" 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by Pretre, engraved by Bocourt, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780~1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.

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Size: 3707px × 6390px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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