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Fish drawings collection from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

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Natural history. Species of fish. Hand colored engraving and book illustrations. Natural history: water-colour drawings and classic illustration of marine animals and plants.

Bloch is best known for his encyclopedic work in ichthyology. Between 1782 and 1795 he published his Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische, a 12-volume, beautifully illustrated comprehensive work on fishes. The first three volumes describe fishes in Germany and were entitled Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, the remaining volumes (in 9 parts) dealt with fishes from other parts of the world and were entitled Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. A French translation “Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons” was published in 12 volumes between 1785 and 1797. His Systema Ichthologia was published posthumously by Johann G. Schneider. Bloch followed the fish systematics of Peter Artedi and Carl Linnaeus although he added new systematic characters including the presence or absence of a fifth gill, gill structure, and bony arches. He described at least 267 new species and 19 genera and several of his binomial names are still in use. Bloch's collection of about 800 surviving specimens is preserved at the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt University of Berlin.

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18th century fish bloch germany german fish natural history science icthyology hand coloured engraving marcus elieser bloch okonomische naturgeschichte der fische deutschlands ichthyology 17th century high resolution
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1600 - 1699
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Marine ichthyology. Sketches of fishes.

Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)

German physician and naturalist who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world.
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18th century fish bloch germany german fish natural history science icthyology hand coloured engraving marcus elieser bloch okonomische naturgeschichte der fische deutschlands ichthyology 17th century high resolution