A star fish
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol10 p242b
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 82mm
width (page): 111mm
width (page): 111mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of a star fish on a small piece of paper from Esprit Cabart de Villermont, Governor General of Cayenne, enclosed in Henri Justel's letter to Francis Aston, which was read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1684.
This image is copied from the one in LBO/10/194a.
This image is copied from the one in LBO/10/194a.
Transcription
On a trouvé que c'est une gomme par un passage d'un Historien Espagnol que je vous envoye aussi bien que la figure d'un Poisson
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
15 July 1685, ‘A letter of Mons. Justel to Mr Aston was read[…]. There were likewise sent from Mons. Villermont the figures of a star-fish, and of the fruit of the cinnamon of the Amazons, seeming to be like a pine-apple’ (Birch 4:415).
Related fellows
Henri Justel (1620 - 1693, French) , Royal Librarian, Librarian
Francis Aston (1644 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
Esprit Cabart de Villermont (1612 - 1707, French)
Francis Aston (1644 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
Esprit Cabart de Villermont (1612 - 1707, French)
Associated place