Book Title: The history of the Old and New Testament, : extracted out of sacred Scripture and writings of the Fathers To which are added the lives, travels and sufferings of the apostles ... / translated from the Sieur de Royaumont [pseud.] by several hands ...

Author: Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625-1709

Image Title: Jonah and the Large Fish

Scripture Reference:

• Jonah 1 (further images / scripture text)

Description: The prophet Jonah is thrown overboard, swallowed by a large fish, and vomited onto dry land. The city of Nineveh is depicted in the background. As the numeral at the head of the page indicates, this is plate #152 in a series of illustrations, and the name of the engraver, Peter Paul Bouche (b. ca. 1646), has been set at the base.

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