Description of different pieces of natural history, plate 5068
Artista: Antonio Parra
Siglo XVIII · Cuba
Colección: Antonio Parra
This fragment from a natural history book, belonging to the work of Antonio Parra, illustrates the description of a 'Starfish' with the number 7. The text, in a descriptive style of the 18th or 19th century, details the morphological characteristics of the organism, comparing it to terrestrial elements.
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