Hand-Coloured Title Page

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Title

Hand-Coloured Title Page

Description

The “Fishes” section of Shaw’s General Zoology includes four volumes, each with an engraved title page adorned with a vignette of a fish in an ocean scene. In my hand-coloured copy of this title, all four vignettes have also been hand coloured.

Creator

Justin Hanisch (photographer)

Source

General Zoology or Systematic Natural History

Publisher

Thomas Davidson, White Friars

Date

1803-1804

Contributor

George Shaw (author)

Format

Octavo

Language

English

Coverage

London (published)

Citation

Justin Hanisch (photographer), “Hand-Coloured Title Page,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed July 10, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3311.

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