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New Evidence in the Printing History of Louis Renard's Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes.

Louis Renard's Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires (1719) is one of the earliest books on fishes to be issued with color plates. Over four hundred vibrantly colored animals are depicted across one hundred hand-colored copper engravings. The book appeared i...

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Published in:Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Vol. 119; no. 4; pp. 455 - 477
Main Authors: Hanisch, Justin, Pietsch, Theodore W.
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Dec2025
Subjects:
Color printing
History of printing
Aquatic animals
History of publishing
Publishing
Printmakers
Engraving
Netherlands
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