Mermaid’s purses
Date
1802
Creator
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769 - 1857, German) , Engraver
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height (print): 208mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
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Description
Marine zoological studies of the egg cases of skate and rays, including: figure 1 the Long-nosed skate Dipturus oxyrinchus (here referred to as Raja oxyrinchos); figure 2 a torpedo (Raja torpedo); and figure 3 the common skate Dipturus batis (here referred to as Raja batis). Figure 4 is a microscope view of the skin of the skate.
Plate 4 from the book Ueber die sogenannten Seemause oder hornartigen fischeyer…by W.G. Tilesius (Leipzig, 1802).
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.IV.’ and below: ‘Tilesius ad natur. pinx. & sculpsit’.
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769-1857) German naturalist, draughtsman and engraver.
Plate 4 from the book Ueber die sogenannten Seemause oder hornartigen fischeyer…by W.G. Tilesius (Leipzig, 1802).
Inscribed above: ‘Tab.IV.’ and below: ‘Tilesius ad natur. pinx. & sculpsit’.
Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769-1857) German naturalist, draughtsman and engraver.
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