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Crustaceans in image numbered .1., .2., .3, .4., .5., .6., .7., .8., and .9., in red ink; center right in brown ink: XXXXVII.
Facing page: upper center in black ink: Quid folia arboribus, pleno quid sydera Coelo, / In freta collectas, alta quid addis aquas?; lower center in red ink: Dominus faciet homines sicut pisces maris: / et quasi reptile non habens principem.habcuc.1. (“The Lord makes men as the fishes of the sea and as the creeping things that have no ruler.” Habakkuk 1:14) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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