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Title proper
Le poisson volant
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 2-4
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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August 1771 (Creation)
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Physical description
1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour ; 22.1 x 28.7 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of: Atlantic flyingfish (Cheilopogon melanarus[?]; Hirundicthys affinis[?]); in French, Poisson volant. Place of creation: at sea. Specimen origin: Caribbean.
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Trimmed.
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): No. 4.
General note
Inscription (from recto; translation): No. 4.
General note
Inscription (transcribed from verso): no 4 poisson volant grand: nat: fait en mer au mois daoust 1771 Rabié / no. 4. Le Poisson volant, de grandeur naturelle.
General note
Inscription (from verso; translation): no 4 flying fish life size done at sea in the month of August 1771 Rabié / no. 4. The Flying fish, life size.
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Item number (page number)
4
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4
De Rabié number
4