Sea urchins and mussels
Date
1761
Creator
J Rhodius (Dutch) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 405mm
width (print): 405mm
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Description
Marine zoological studies of various sea creatures. Figures 1-8: Sea urchins, Echinozoa. Figures 9-11: Mussels, Mytilus. Each set of figures has details of anatomical structures, including the ovum and eggs of the mussel, with magnified images viewed by microscope.
Plate 11 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Liber tertius, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1761). The plate is inscribed above ‘TAB.XI’ and below: ‘J. Rhodius ad viv. pinxit.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
Plate 11 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Liber tertius, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1761). The plate is inscribed above ‘TAB.XI’ and below: ‘J. Rhodius ad viv. pinxit.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
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