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Utilif pisces serram adinstar Pristis habens
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-1625
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 695 (verso 696) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts a side view of a sea serpent with a saw-like object growing from the middle of its forehead. With text in Latin on verso. Also on verso, another illustration of two such creatures, seen from above.
AF-NX-1625