[PDF.51vo] The Whale Book: Whales and Other Marine Animals as Described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585
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| #2534240 in Books | 2004-11-03 | Original language:Dutch | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.80 x11.00l,2.54 | File type: PDF | 208 pages|||
"This book is one of the year’s glorious oddities. Based on the writings and watercolors of 16th-century Dutch beachcomber and autodidact Adriaen Coenen, it reproduces, with lively commentary, what are probably the world’s oldest manuscri
In the late 16th century, Dutch beachcomber Adriaen Coenen scanned the beaches of Holland for interesting marine material and produced several illustrated manuscripts of his findings, covering anything from the commonplace herring to the exotic moonfish. Coenen's work contains the earliest European pictures of whales, naïve but easily identifiable, which makes it a rare visual and textual source for the natural world of his day.
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