Marcus Elieser Bloch

A collection of fish plates from naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch's book, Ichtylogie.

• Sold as a set of 15.
• Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723-1799).
• Hand-colored copperplate engravings highlighted with gold and silver, by G. Bodenehr after Krüger jr. 
• From Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons.
• Berlin: For the author, and the François de la Garde Libraire, 1785.
• The names of the fish are primarily printed in Latin, French, English and German.
• Includes the following:
• Plate I. Cyprinus Erithrophthalmus. Die Plötze. The Rud. Rotengle.
• Plate III. Cyprinus Nasus. Die Nase. Le Nase.
• Plate IV. Cyprinus Vimba. Die Zärthe. La Serte.
• Plate VII. Gyprinus Aspius. Der Raapfe. La Raphe.
• Plate X. Cyprinus Blicca. Die Güster. La Bordeliere.
• Plate XI. Cyprinus Carassius. Die Karausche. Le Carassin. The Crucian.
• Plate XII. Cyprinus Gibelio. Die Giebel.
• Plate XIII. Cyprinus Brama. Der Bley.od Brassem. La Brehme. The Bream.
• Plate XX. Salmo Salar Foem. Der Lachs. Le Saumon. The Salmon.
• Plate XXI. Salmo Trutta. Die Lachs forelle. La Truite. The Trut.
• Plate XXIII. Salmo Fario. Die Wald oder Stein Forelle. La Truite brune.
• Plate XXVII. Salmo Maraena. Die grosse Maraene. La grande Maraene.
• Plate XXXIV. Silurus Glanis. Der Wels. Le Silure. The Sheat-Fish.
• Plate XXXVI. Cyprinus Jdus. Der Kühling. L’Fde.
• Plate XXXVII. Cyprinus Cultratus. Die Ziege. Le Rafoir.
• Each work is presented unframed.

Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famous naturalist, produced what is widely regarded today as the greatest fish book ever printed.

"Marcus Elieser Bloch is to fish what James Audubon is to birds. The Ichtyologie is the most outstanding of all fish books…the high quality of the engraving, the meticulous attention to detail and the exquisite colouring immediately distinguish them." S. Peter Dance & Geoffrey N. Swinney Classic Natural History Prints – Fish. London, 1990.