‘Diodon Obicularis’, the Prickly Bottlefish – a colour plate from the Bloch Ichthyologie… sold by Venator & Hanstein for €50,000 (£45,000).
Catching the eye in a German auction was a fine example of the most beautiful of all piscatorial plate books.
A first French edition of Marcus Elieser Bloch’s Ichthyologie ou histoire générale et particulière des poissons of 1785-97 sold for €50,000 (£45,000) at Venator & Hanstein (23% buyer’s premium) in Cologne on September 21.