'L'Ammodite' [Lesser sand eel] Finish:Rolled c1843-c1886

c1843-c1886

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but in American culture

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'L'Ammodite' [Lesser sand eel] Finish:Rolled c1843-c1886Marine zological study showing a side view of the Lesser sand eel, or sand lance, (Ammodytes tobianus). Includes an enlarged detail of the head of the fish, lower left. Plate 2 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d'histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right 'Ic: Rer: Nat: Tab: II.' Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755. Original: copperplate