CANCELLUS MAXIMUS BAHAMENSIS: LITHOPHYTON COMPRESSUM OBSCURE LUTESCENS MARGINIBUS PURPUREIS ASPERIS.THE SEA HERMIT CRAB T. 34.

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Mark Catesby

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Cancellus Maximus Bahamensis: Lithophyton compressum obscure lutescens marginibus purpureis asperis.The Sea Hermit Crab T. 34.

Engraving handcolored, 1750.
Paper size 19 1/2 x 13 1/2" (497 x 343 mm).
Good condition with original color.
LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 74906
Price: $725.00
Publisher :
From, ‘Piscium, Serpentum, Insectorum, aliorumque nonullorum Animalium.’ Engravings by Nicholaus Friedrich Eisenberger and Georg Lichtensteiger, Nuremburg, 1750. This engraving is on laid paper with central watermark. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Fish

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