THE COMMON DRAGONET print (Callionymus lyra)

This rare and exceptional lithographic plate of a common dragonet, is from the revised and enlarged second edition of “A History of Scandinavian Fishes” by Fries, Ekström and Sundevall.

The work was completed by Professor F. A. Smitt and published in Stockholm and London in 1893.

“With the most accurate drawings…it gained a world-wide reputation as one of the best productions of its kind.”

(Professor F. A. Smitt - Preface) (Björn Dal, Sveriges Zoologiska Litteratur, pp.166-172 and in Biblis 1974 pp. 86-88.)