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Caption: Anatomy of the generation of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, and brown mussel, Perna perna. Carp sliced open to reveal ovaries 1, carp roe 2-6, young carp 7, mussel 8, mussel ovaries 9-11, and glochidia (mussel eggs) 12. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
Credit: Album / Florilegius
Image size: 5032 × 6597 px | 95.0 MB
Print size: 42.6 × 55.9 cm | 1981.1 × 2597.2 in (300 dpi)