Description | Fragment of paper by George Shaw giving a description of the 'Cancer stagnalis' of Linnaeus, which was read at a meeting of the Linnean Society.
With four leaves of pen drawings and proof engravings: and a pen and watercolour drawing labelled, "Cancer stagnalis, March 12, 1782. Repert: in fovea prope pagum Broughton, non longe a Aylesbury", of which two figures were used for Shaw's plate. |