Les Planches inédites de Poissons et autres animaux marins de ‘Indo-Ouest Pacifique. Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1646-c.1718) and his Paintings of Indo-West Pacific Fishes and Other Marine Animals
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Author(s): L. B. Holthuis and T. W. Pietsch (Eds)
Publisher: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Publications Scientifique
ISBN: 9782856535929
Format: hardback
290pp
Price: €62
Review Date: 09 February 2007
Review: Isaac Johannes Lamotius (1653–1710) was the Dutch commander of Mauritius between 1677 and 1692. His fifteen years of command saw the island descend into despotism and immorality was rife. Lamotius was tried in 1695 and sentenced for corruption and was banished for six years to the island of Rosegrain. However, Lamotius was also an artist and expert on the fauna and fauna of Mauritius and published daily journals. This volume (in English and French) contains fine reproductions of his drawings, along with the history of the artist himself.