Two Antique
Engravings of Whales

From Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles by Pierre Jean Francis Turpin, published in France by Levrault, 1816.

These handcolored prints were engraved after drawings by Pretre.

Turpin was one of the greatest botanical engravers of his time.

The prints show:

1. Baleine franche
2. Baleineoptere

and

1. Narwal vulgaire
2 Cachalot macrocephale

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