EditorialThe Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 26.8 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 54.1 cm (14 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on wove paper.
EditorialThe Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 26.8 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 54.1 cm (14 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on wove paper.
EditorialEuropean plaice, Pleuronectes platessa 1, common dab, Limanda limanda 1a, and Dover sole, Solea solea 2. Pleuronectes: Plie carelet, Plie limande, Sole. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard G...
EditorialEuropean plaice, Pleuronectes platessa 1,2 and brill, Scophthalmus rhombus 3,4. Un turbot ou plie du cote droit, Platessa, du cote gauche, Plie ou rhombus du cote gauche, petite plie du mem cote. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration...
EditorialCommon dab, Limanda limanda (Pleuronectes limanda). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialEuropean flounder, Platichthys flesus (Flounder, Pleuronectes flesus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialMegrim or whiff, Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Pleuronectes megastoma). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialAtlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus. Endangered. (Holibut, Pleuronectes hippoglossus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialTurbot, Scophthalmus maximus (Pleuronectes maximus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialBrill or pearl, Scophthalmus rhombus (Pleuronectes rhombus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialThickback sole, Microchirus variegatus (Variegated sole, Pleuronectes variegatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialEuropean plaice or plaise, Pleuronectes platessa. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialLemon sole, Microstomus kitt (Small-headed or smear dab, Pleuronectes microcephalus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808.
EditorialTurbot, Scophthalmus maximus, European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, and topknot, Zeugopterus punctatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural Histo...
EditorialBrill or kite fish, Scophthalmus rhombus (Pleuronectes rhombus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialCommon dab, Limanda limanda, sole, Solea solea, and European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparou...
EditorialThe Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus). Dated: published 1731-1743. Dimensions: plate: 26.8 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 54.1 cm (14 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.). Medium: hand-colored engraving on wove paper.
EditorialTurbot, Scophthalmus maximus, European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, and topknot, Zeugopterus punctatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural Histo...
EditorialBrill or kite fish, Scophthalmus rhombus (Pleuronectes rhombus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialCommon dab, Limanda limanda, sole, Solea solea, and European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparou...
EditorialPlaice, Pleuronectes platessa 1, flounder, Platichthys flesus 2, and dab, Limanda limanda 3. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian cler...
EditorialZebra sole, Zebrias zebra (Pleuronectes zebra). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1809.
EditorialAtlantic cod, Gadus morhua, vulnerable 1, hake, Merluccius merluccius 2, plaice, Pleuronectes platessa 3, and haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book fo...
EditorialPeacock flounder, Bothus lunatus (Argus flounder, Pleuronectes argus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1806.
EditorialBearded flounder, Pleuronectes barbatus. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1809.