Medusa, Vermes, Order Mollusca, Genus Medusa.
Very interesting copperplate engraving, hand coloured, showing Medusa Pulmo and Medusa Campanula floating on the water.They are showing their tentacles and the soft jellyfish top.
This is from “The Cyclopedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature,” edited by Rev.Abraham Rees.
Published as the Act Directs by Longman,Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1813.
Size 21 x 27 cm. Condition Good.