👀Spot today's in this watercolour depicting occupations of South India (c.1828) 🎣

🖼️Add Or 42: https://t.co/9TlF2DRe3S

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Ippolito Salviani, Aquatilium Animalium Historiæ liber primus. 1558

41.i.10

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It's been a while, but came across a fabulous and other marvellous sea creatures, to feast your eyes upon! 🐟🦀🐙
The British Miscellany, 1806, Digital Store 990.i.3.
Fully available online in & low res download!
https://t.co/Wk8z5so8pU

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Your courtesy of Louis Renard and his Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, originally published in 1719 and considered the earliest known publication in colour on fish.

Many more of its delights here: https://t.co/G7vcDxn0Jf https://t.co/gM1Su8E2vU

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Coloured full-page 16th century engravings from the King's Library copy of Ippolito Salviani, Aquatilium Animalium Historiæ liber primus, Romæ, 1554, 41.i.10,

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Today we're frying up some eel at Izumi's like these ones from Commodore Perry's Expedition (1856): https://t.co/UpEAsgsAhu

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Time for your This Tuna is from Brehms Thierleben and we'll be eating it at Buck Bradley's! https://t.co/pwcAAsUv3p

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