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Costa Balaenae cum vertebra eiusdem
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Bellagambam
Place made: Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Bologna
Date made: 1613
Materials: ink; laid paper; color wash
Measurements: 14 in x 9 1/4 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
AF-NX-1617
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Bellagambam
Place made: Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Bologna
Date made: 1613
Materials: ink; laid paper; color wash
Measurements: 14 in x 9 1/4 in
Nomenclature: natural history
Classification: whales
Page 684 (verso 683) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts the rib of a whale, seen from above, and a vertebra of a whale, from above or below. On verso, a piece of whalebone and a narwhal horn are depicted. With text in Latin.
AF-NX-1617