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Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

Tuesday 29 July 2014 at 17:25

Selected double-page spreads from Adriaen Coenen's exquisite Visboek (Fish Book), an epic 800 page tome on all things fish and fish-related. Coenen began work on this unique book in 1577, at the age of 63, and in three years gathered an unprecedented amount of information on the sea and its coasts, coastal waters, fishing grounds and marine animals.

Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/adriaen-coenens-fish-book-1580/