Alimentation animale: femme achetant des poissons a un boucher poissonnier, a l'arriere plan des hommes...

Alimentation animale: femme achetant des poissons a un boucher poissonnier, a l'arriere plan des hommes liberent des oiseaux de leurs cages et scene de chasse - Food, Fish & Seafood Woman buying fish, 1657. Woodcut showing a butcher selling meat and fish; a gutted rabbit hangs on the wall. In the background men are releasing caged birds. Another is hunting a stag, which is pursued by dogs. Illustration introducing a section discussing how animals and the substances derived from them can be used. Illustration from 'Le Vray et Methodique Cours de la Physique Resolutive Vulgairement dite Chymie' ('The True and Methodical Course in Resolutive Physick, Commonly called Chemistry'), by Annibal Barlet, published in Paris in 1657. Although the book contains a great deal of alchemical jargon, it is for the most part good practical pharmaceutical chemistry. Barlet gave regular chemical courses in Paris, attended by the diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) amongst others. ©SSPL/Science Museum