Hand-Coloured Title Page
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.