Critically endangered sawfish, Pristis pristis 102, mackerel, Scomber scombrus 105, gudgeon, Gobio gobio 103, swordfish, Xiphias gladius 101, bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus 106 and turbot, Scophthalmus maximus 104. 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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