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Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.024 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crab claws at a cobalt crayfish, both creatures twisted into fantastical shapes. The sea teems with life—each specimen more bizarre than the last, as if pulled from a fever dream of the deep.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.049 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. Nearby, a crimson crab claws at the edge, its shell patterned with intricate swirls. Each creature seems plucked from a dream—exaggerated, surreal, yet meticulously detailed. The sea has never looked so strange or alive.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.100 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crayfish brandishes its claws beside a crab with spiked armor. Each creature twists in exaggerated forms, as if plucked from a fever dream of the deep.
Coryphaena coerulea, The Bleu-Fish (1785-1797)

Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723–1799)

A shimmering blue fish leaps from the page, scales etched with precision, its form both delicate and alive. The engraving captures every curve, every fin, as if frozen mid-motion in some unseen current.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.020 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crab claws at a cobalt crayfish, frozen mid-battle. These creatures defy nature—flaring fins, exaggerated spines, colors too bold for any ocean. Each specimen twists reality into something stranger, wilder.
Notolabrus celidotus (NZ) _ Wrasse (1875)

Frank Edward Clarke (New Zealander, 1864–1935)

A wrasse glides through unseen waters, its scales catching the light in flashes of orange and blue. The precise brushwork traces every fin and curve, as if the fish might dart off the page at any moment.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.015 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crab claws at the edge, while spined crayfish lurk below. Each creature twists with exaggerated flair—nature’s oddities amplified into spectacle.
1. Chaetodon unimaculatus; 2. Chaetodon arcuatus, The Arc-Fish. (1785-1797)

Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723–1799)

Two tropical fish, one spotted, the other striped in bold arcs, float against a blank background. Their delicate fins and intricate patterns emerge from precise black lines, each scale rendered with scientific clarity. The contrast between their forms highlights nature’s playful variations within a single species.
Die polycladen des golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden meeres-abschnitte pl8 (1884)

Arnold Lang (Dutch, unknown)

Delicate polyclads glide across the page, their flattened forms revealing intricate patterns. These marine flatworms from the Gulf of Naples display nature’s precision—each undulating edge and subtle marking captured with scientific clarity. A hidden world of seafloor elegance unfolds in precise lines and careful shading.