HAND-COLORED COPPER STICK FROM THE END OF THE 17TH CENTURY BY CYPRINUS CULTRATUS - THE CUTTING KNIFE.

The cutting knife. A framed hand-colored copper engraving depicting the fish. The cutting knife; Cyprinus Cultratus- Der Ziege -Le Rasoir. Published as poster 37 in the work Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische by Marcus F. Blocks in Berlin in the late 18th century and engraved by J. F. A. Krüıger jr. Measures in frame approx. 38 cm. x 52 cm. and in the image area approx. 20 cm. x 37 cm.