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291. Or.65.a.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or.65.a.4
Title:
Suizoku shashin. Tai no bu 水族寫眞. 鯛部 [水族写真. 鯛部]
Scope & Content:
Variant title: Suizoku shashin setsu 水族寫眞説 [水族写真説]. Translated title: 'Accurate drawings of fishes'. Author/compiler: Okukura Tatsuyuki 奥倉辰行. Imprint: Tōto: Suiseidō 水生堂 (mikaeshi). Prefaces dated Ansei 2 [1855] and Ansei 3 [1856]. Bonrei dated Ansei 4 [1857]. Description: 1 volume, 2, 2, 2...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 volume

292. Or.65.a.4*

Reference (shelfmark):
Or.65.a.4*
Title:
Suizoku shashin. Tai no bu 水族寫眞. 鯛部 [水族写真. 鯛部]
Scope & Content:
Translated title: 'Accurate drawings of fishes'. Author/compiler: Okukura Tatsuyuki 奥倉辰行. Imprint: Tōto: Suiseidō 水生堂 (mikaeshi). Prefaces dated Ansei 2 [1855] and Ansei 3 [1856]. Bonrei dated Ansei 4 [1857]. Description: 1 volume. 2, 2, 2, 37; 29 ff. Rebound in Western style. Vermilion fro...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 volume

293. Or 4759

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4759
Title:
[Gyozufu 魚図譜]
Scope & Content:
Untitled manuscript containing descriptions and illustrations of fish, crustaceans and other marine life. Anonymous and undated but probably c. 1850-1860.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
[1850-1860]
Extent:
1 scroll

294. Or 4769, f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.9
Title:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Vishnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, the defeated demon Sankhasura below, two brahmins on each side standing in the water each holding up one of the Vedas.
Scope & Content:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Visnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, he, blue, jewelled and haloed, his four arms displaying conch, quoit, lotus and mace, the defeated demon Sankhasura below on the surface of the water emerging from a shell (‘san...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

295. Or 4770, f.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.17
Title:
Ketu, depicted as a bodiless head, dark, crowned and haloed, perched on top of a fish which is floating on the sea.
Scope & Content:
Ketu, depicted as a bodiless head, dark, crowned and haloed, perched on top of a fish which is floating on the sea. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘ket.’ ‘17. Kait the ascending node.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

296. Or 7315

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7315
Title:
'Aja'ib al-makhluqat by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures.
Scope & Content:
‘‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat’ by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures. Persian. Late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Literature: Handlist, p.48. Titley no. 243. f.11b. Pegasus (horse). f.12a. Equus Major (horse). f.12b. Draco (dragon). f.26b. Angels which support God’s throne. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1575-1625
Extent:
1 Item

297. P1877-1895

Reference (shelfmark):
P1877-1895
Title:
Lithographs of Fish. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Lithographic copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul (1837-42). They were formally in the library of Dr Hugh Falconer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
19 Items

298. P1949

Reference (shelfmark):
P1949
Title:
'A view of the pearl fishery'. Engraved by Lodge for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography. Artist(s): Lodge, John (d.1796)
Scope & Content:
'A view of the pearl fishery'. Engraved by Lodge for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography.. Artist(s): Lodge, John (d.1796)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1782
Extent:
1 Item

299. Photo 146/1(204)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(204)
Title:
Rezdi Beach near Malwan. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
A catch of mackerel near Malwan. Many of the fishermen are Christians of Roman Catholic community. The entire catch seen on the sands went to the native broker for 16 rupees, say 24 shillings in English money.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

300. Photo 1225/5(478)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1225/5(478)
Title:
Hawaiian Fish in the Waikiki Aqaurium [Honolulu].
Scope & Content:
Inscription: C.B. Hudson ad nat. del. Julius Bien & Co. Lithograph. N.Y. C.B. Hudson ad nat. del. Julius Bien & Co. Lithograph. N.Y. Balistapus Rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider). Humuhumu Apua'a. Natural Size.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1912
Extent:
1 item

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