Heart of Lophius piscatorius [Angler fish] parlour 500ft 30 miles distant'

500ft 30 miles distant'

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Napoleon met King Victor Emmanuel of Italy at Genoa on 13th May 1859

In the centre a man wearing steam driven boots has ground to a halt

Mercury can be seen in the sky

Heart of Lophius piscatorius [Angler fish] parlour 500ft 30 miles distant'Plate 22 from the paper 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus, contained in a former paper; with observations on the structure of the branchial artery', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 103 (1813), pp. 227 241. View of the heart of the Angler showing the auricle, ventricle, branchial artery and valve. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp