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Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Comprehending, Under One General Alphabetical Arrangement, all the Words and Substance of Every Kind of Dictionary Extant in the English Language. In which the Improved Departments of the Mechanical Arts, the Liberal Sciences, the Higher Mathematics, and the Several Branches of Polite Literature, are Selected from the Acts, Memoirs, and Transactions, of the Most Eminent Literary Societies, in Europe, Asia, and America

Compiled by John Wilkes, edited by John Jones
Issued in 24 volumes from 1796-1828

The majority of the fish engravings were engraved
by J. Pass and J. Chapman, mostly after paintings by M.E. Bloch


Original hand-coloured Copperplate Engravings over 200 years old.
Sheet size: approximately 8.25 x 5.125 inches



Please look at the enlargements for condition by clicking on the thumbnail images below.
The Sea Zebra, or striped Soal [Sole]
The Sea Zebra, or striped Soal [Sole]
$69.95
The Surmullet, The spotted Surmullet
The Surmullet, The spotted Surmullet
$69.95
The Torpedo, with the electric or galvanic organs displayed
The Torpedo, with the electric or galvanic organs displayed
$69.95
The electrical Eel, The Leptocephalus, or Small-head
The electrical Eel, The Leptocephalus, or Small-head
$69.95
The Chain Fish, The netted Eel
The Chain Fish, The netted Eel
$69.95
The Gastrobranchus, or Blind-Fish
The Gastrobranchus, or Blind-Fish
The Generation and Growth of Fishes
The Generation and Growth of Fishes
$69.95
For similar style and size antique fish prints, see Shaw & Nodder prints

Thousands more here!

See also the bird prints from Encyclopaedia Londinensis