A blunt headed cachalot, a gibbous cachalot, a porpoise and a dolphin. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.

  • Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.
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published as the Act directs 1 July 1812
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39936i
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A blunt headed cachalot, a gibbous cachalot, a porpoise and a dolphin. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] (Paternoster Row) : Longman, Hurst, Rees Orme & Brown, published as the Act directs 1 July 1812.

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1 print : etching with engraving ; platemark 28 x 22.8 cm

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Class Mammalia. Order Cete. Genus Physeter. Cachalot. Genus Delphinus. Dolphin. 1. P. macrocephalus. blunt headed c. 2. var. P. gibbosus Schreb. gibbous c. 3. D. phocaena. porpoise. 4. D. delphis dolphin Bears fig nos : 1 2 3 & 4

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