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Museum ichthyologicum sistens piscium indigenorum et quorundam exoticorum, qui in museo Laurentii Theodori Gronovii adservantur: Descriptiones ordine systematico; accedunt nonnullorum exoticorum piscium icones aeri incisae.
Publication Details
Leiden: apud Theodorum Haak, 1754 CE.
Gronovius described over 200 species of fish. He is also credited with developing a technique for preservation of fish skins. Today, a number of his fish skins are preserved in the Natural History Museum, London.
Digital facsimile from Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #12979 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/15227 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | museum-ichthyologicum-sistens-piscium-indigenorum-et-quorundam-exoticorum-qui-in-museo-laurentii-theodori-gronovii-adservantur-descriptiones-ordine-systematico-accedunt-nonnullorum-exoticorum-piscium-icones-aeri-incisae |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Leiden
Mentioned in annotation: London