Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Giant Octopus (Octopus dofleini) attacking a ship, 1815 copperplate engraving from Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur kinder' 16 plate 5. with contemporary colour. 'Colosal Polypus' (octopus) a...

Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1801-1802.

Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and Common squid (Loligo vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1...

Paul D Stewart / Historical illustration of Common squid (Loligo vulgaris) Pierre Denys de Montfort engraving from 'Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Mollusques', 1801-1802.

Loic Poidevin / Chateau de Montfort, Vitrac, Dordogne, France, April 2012