Bizarre and Strange Fish Ocean Marine c1860 Hand Colored Litho Print

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Bizarre and Strange Fish Ocean Marine c1860 Hand Colored Litho Print
THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC c1860 HAND COLORED LITHOGRAPH
FISH
PLATE XXXIII
SHOWN HERE ARE:
Anableps Surinamensis
Apparently this is now Anableps anableps
AKA: Striped foureyed fish
Zeus Insidiator
Apparently this is now Secutor insidiator
AKA: pugnose ponyfish
Raia Marginata
AKA: Bordered Ray
Chimaera Monstrosa
AKA: Rabbit Fish or Rat Fish
FROM
A HISTORY OF THE EARTH AND ANIMATED NATURE
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
ENGLAND
GOLDSMITH PRINTS MAT AND FRAME VERY WELL!
THIS PRINT IS IN FAIR CONDITION
FOR A
150+ YEAR OLD
PRINT
QUITE AGE-TONING (PATINA)
THE PAPER IS QUITE BRITTLE/FRAGILE
THERE MAY BE SOME  SHORT EDGE RIPS
SOME SOILING AND FOXING
POSSIBLE SLIGHT TEXT TRANSFER TO THE PRINT
NOTE
SHORT 1" TEAR ON LEFT SIDE
REPEAIRED WITH ARCHIVAL TAPE
SEE THE IMAGE ABOVE!
THE SIZE IS APPROX.
10"x 6.5" OR 25 CM. x 16.5 CM
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