| Marcus Elieser Bloch Gallery |
| Ichthyologie, Ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particulière, Des Poissons | |||
| Bloch's landmark work is the most famous and most remarkable of all books on fish. It was published in twelve volumes, with 432 hand-colored plates. Each plate gives the name of the fish in several langauges, with Latin names included to settle any classification problems. Some of the plates are dedicated below the fish to different patrons, aristocrats, and learned societies. Each dedication is quite clear in giving credit to that person or group of people who paid to have that particular plate engraved and included in the collection. The public's interest in fish was heightened in the eighteenth century as fishing became a popular pastime for both men and women, particularly ladies of the court. Bloch equisitely captured the gleam of fish scales, which were the inspiration for sequins as used in the decoration of fine clothing. | |||
| Publication City: Berlin and Paris Medium: Hand-colored engravings Dimensions: 10.5 x 17 inches (approximate page size) Date: 1782-97 | |||
| SELECTIONS FROM THIS WORK | |||
 Pl. CCCII, The Two Spined Umber details |  Pl. CCCIV, The Lineated Umber details |  Pl. CCCIX, The Stone-Perch details |  Pl. CCCLII, The Smaller Flying Fish details |  Pl. CCCLIII, The Puctulated Trigla details |  Pl. CCCLXXXVI, The Odoe details |  Pl. CCCVI, The Plumier's Umber details |  Pl. CCCVII, The Coro & The Guaru details |  Pl. CCCVIII, The Tub & The Pacu details |  Pl. CCCX, The Brasilian Perch & The Acara details |  Pl. CCCXI, The Japanese Perch, The Silver-Perch details |  Pl. CCCXII, The Tortoise Fish details |  Pl. CCCXLIII, The Bag Eye details |  Pl. CCCXLIV, Plumier's Mackrel details |  Pl. CCCXLVII, Klein's Mackrel & The Ribban Fish details |  Pl. CCCXX, The Warna details |  Pl. CCCXXVIII, The Brown Wall-Eye & The Bordered Wall-Eye details |  Pl. CCCXXX, The Streaked Wall-Eye details |  Pl. CCCXXXII, The Shratser details |  Pl. CCLXXXI, The Banulated Wrasse details |  Pl. CCXC, The Streaked Wrasse details |  Pl. CCXCI, The Five Maculated Wrasse & The Wainscotted Wrasse details |  Pl. CCXCII, The Little Scaled Wrasse details |  PL. CCXCIII, The Sea-Wife details |  Pl. CCXCIV, The Maculated Wrasse details |  Pl. CCXCIX, The Spotted Umber & The Cyndrilic Umber details |  Pl. CCXCV, The Hair-Finned Wrasse & The Punctulated Wrasse details |  Pl. CCXCVI, The Soft_Finned Wrasse, The Black Belly details |  Pl. CCXCVII, The Black-Umber details |  Pl. CCXCVIII, The Great Scaled Umber details |  Pl. CLXXV, The Sea Pea-Cock details |  Pl. LXIX, The Ling details |  Plate CCCCXI details |  Plate CCCCXXIII details |  Plate CCCIII details |  Plate CCCL details | Plate CCCLV details |  Plate CCCLXXXIII details |  Plate CCCLXXXVIII details |  Plate CCCXCI details |  Plate CCCXLIX details |  Plate CCCXLVIII details |  Plate CCCXXIV details |  Plate CCCXXVII details |  Plate CCLII details |  Plate CCLXII details |  Plate CCLXVII details |  Plate CCLXX details |  Plate CCVI details |  Plate CCVIII details |  Plate CCXVI details |  Plate CCXXI details |  Plate CCXXVIII details |  Plate CCXXXII details |  Plate CLX details |  Plate CLXIX details |  Plate CLXVI details |  Plate CXCII details |  Plate CXLV details |  Plate CXVI details |  Plate CXXXIX details |  Plate IV details |  Plate LIV details |  Plate LXIX details |  Plate LXVI details |  Plate LXXX details |  Plate LXXXVIII details |  Plate X details |  Plate XL details |  Plate XV details |  Plate XXVI details |  Plate XXXIV details |
