Monstrosae Balaenae in Scaldi flumine captae effigies.

Object summary

Title: Monstrosae Balaenae in Scaldi flumine captae effigies.
Object ID: AF-NX-1615
Date made: 1613
Place made: Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Bologna
Publisher: Bellagambam
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Page 682 (verso 681) from the book "De cetis" (Liber 1) by Ulyssis Aldrovandi, first edition (1613). Hand-colored. Depicts a large male whale, side view; title text indicates that such a whale was captured in the Scaldi (Scheldt) river. Verso, another side view of a whale, this one with lumps on its lower back; captioned "Balaena nostra altera, Buffalina vulgo." (Eng: Our other whale, the common Buffalina)