Bilder Joannes Jonstonus (1603-1675) – View of shark and dogfish species – Engraving (1653)

Beskrivning

"Catulus maior" illustrates several species of sharks and dogfish, including various forms of catsharks. It is a copperplate engraving. This print is from the natural history volume Historiae Naturalis, published by Matthaeus Merian in Frankfurt in 1653. The work serves as a systematic zoological record of selachian species documented in the seventeenth century.

Joannes Jonstonus was a Polish-Scottish physician, naturalist, and educator. He authored several comprehensive volumes on the natural world that combined classical knowledge with contemporary biological study. His encyclopedic works were widely circulated across European academic and scientific circles. His publications remain significant for their influence on early modern zoological illustration.

Artist or Maker:
Joannes Jonstonus.

Dimensions:
Approximately 35 cm x 22 cm.

Medium:
Engraving.

Date:
1653.

Condition Report:
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