Bilder Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) – View of the Male Salmon – Engraving (1806)

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"The Male Salmon" This plate illustrates a male salmon shown in profile, featuring its characteristic spotted skin, streamlined body, and the distinctively hooked lower jaw known as a kype. The technical nature is a copper engraving. It was published in a British natural history series, printed in London and based on the earlier monumental work of Marcus Elieser Bloch. This publication is significant for its anatomical precision, reflecting the eighteenth-century transition toward empirical observation and the systematic classification of fish species found in European and Atlantic waters.

Marcus Elieser Bloch was a German Jewish physician and naturalist who is considered one of the most important ichthyologists in history. He practiced medicine in Berlin while assembling a massive private collection of fish specimens from around the world. His primary contribution was the multi-volume Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische, which set a new global standard for the visual and textual documentation of marine life. Bloch's work was widely translated and re-engraved throughout Europe, serving as the foundational reference for the study of fish for several decades following its initial publication.

Artist or Maker: Marcus Elieser Bloch.

Dimensions: Approximately 21 cm x 13 cm.

Medium: Engraving.

Date: 1806.

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