The Doubtfull Lophius, Lophius Dubius. Australian Eastern Toadfish c1790.

$150.00

Antique print of Blotchtail Toadfish of eastern Australia c1790.

Rare original copperplate engraving for keen amateur naturalist and Surgeon-General of the First Fleet and Settlement in Australia, John White's "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales" published in London by J. Debrett circa 1790. The Journal was published in black and white. This finely hand-coloured engraving was tinted at a later date.

Size of page: 28 x 22cm (11 x 8.5 inches). Slight foxing.

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