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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Elk (Hippelaphus)

In Conrad Gessner, Conr. Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1620 (Poznań, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka), p. 491

p. 491 (62 of 136 in-Urus figures)
p. 404
p. 493
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Elk (Hippelaphus) (Froschauer 1560)
Actors
  • Robert Cambier (fl. 1581-1598) printer : 1620
Places
  • Frankfurt am Main production place : 1620
Design

Elk (Hippelaphus) (Froschauer 1560) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Elk III (Jaggard; Cotes) Part of Set for Topsell's History of four-footed beasts ◼
  • ⇤ Deer Antlers. In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 27 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼
  • ⇤ Elk (Hippelaphus. A Caio Anglo). In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 27 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Elk (Alces alces) (Iconclass: 25FF24(ELK))
Functional context

Gessner's Historia animalium or Icones, or Topsell (Natural history)

Caption

Hippelaphus

Credits
Created by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-07-19 07:05)

Edited by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by
  • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-07-19 07:05)

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