Over vissen en vogels/ Of Fishes And Birds: Book of fishes / Visboek van Adriaen Coenensz (1577)

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Book of fishes / Visboek van Adriaen Coenensz (1577)

Fisherman Adriaen Coenensz started writing and illustrating a book about everything he knew about the sea and its inhabitants in 1577. The Dutch Royal Library has put the entire book online. Leaf through it here. (Sorry, no English translation)

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kisaramuAug 11, 2010 11:39 AM
Kitty-san
My favorite is the illustrations of eel (pp. 344-).
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We are 10 artists organizing a small but fun exhibition (starting august 12th 2010). Each artist has made a graphical work on the theme Of Fishes And Birds. The sheets will be made into one 10 page harmonica book (30 x 30 cm/12 x 12 in), which will travel to different spots on earth.

This project was conceived of and organised by Kitty Kilian, with advice and help by Inge Koenen en Titi Zaadnoordijk. Some of us have know each other for years, others have only met online. This blog is where we all meet.