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Inscription

Crustaceans and shells in image numbered .1., .2, .3., .4., .5., .6., .7., .8., and .9., in red ink; center right in brown ink: XXXXVI.
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: Ostrea callebat, primo deprendere morsu. / Et semel aspecti lutus dicebat echini.; lower center in blue ink: Ebria baiano veni modo concha Lucrino: / Nobile nunc sitio luxuriosa garum.

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

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