Edible crab, Cancer pagurus 1, green crab, Carcinus maenas 2, hairy crab, Pilumnus hirtellus 3, Mecataleptodius parvulus 4, sea spider, Eriphia gonagra 5, devil crab, Zosimus aeneus 6, and freshwater crab, Potamon fluviatile 7. 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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