PIETER BLEEKER

 

Fishes of the Indo-Pacific Ocean


"Atlas Ichthyologique des 

Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises"


1862 - 1872


A LARGE FOLLIO CHROMOLITHOGRAPH 


WITH EXQUISITE ORIGINAL COLOURING


OF


ZEBRA & RAINBOW WRASSE  


(PSEUDOCORIS & CORIS GAIMARDI & FORMOSA)

 

This very rare and strikingly beautiful chromolithograph of zebra & rainbow wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean 

is from the magnificent 


“ATLAS ICHTHYOLOGIQUE ” 


by Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker

 

 Published in Amsterdam by Frédéric Muller, 1862-1878, it is regarded today as the greatest work of fishes of the nineteenth century and one of the finest ever produced

 

 The plates were created after drawings by L. Speigler with superb colouring by C.W. Mieling and later by Emrik & Binger. These prints are very rare as Bleeker notes in his biography that there were only sixty subscribers

 

 

(Ref. Boeseman 1983; Dean, Bibl.of Fishes vol.1 p130; Lamme 1973; Nissen ZBI, 409; Wood p. 244)



 

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and is also a good investment 

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their authenticity is guaranteed 

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watermarks not on original print