Shark's head and teeth

Shark's head and teeth, by Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700) from a drawing byAgostino Scilla (1639-1700). The book contains the first Latin translation of the Italian painter Agostino Scilla's only palaeontological (and heavily influential) work La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso (Vain speculation undeceived by sense) (1670) in which he argued that fossils were not the magical objects many believed them to be but were petrefactions (that is fossils) of once living organisms. Engraving

1670 Agostino Argued Bartoli Believed Contains Fossils Fossilss Geological Heavily Magical Organisms Palaeontological Palaeontology Santi Scilla Scillas Sense Senso Seventeenth Shark Speculation Translation Vain Vana

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