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

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. 856

p. 856 (121 of 136 in-Urus figures)
p. 847
p. 859
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Guenon (Froschauer 1551)
Actors
  • Robert Cambier (fl. 1581-1598) printer : 1620
Places
  • Frankfurt am Main production place : 1620
Design

Guenon (Froschauer 1551) Part of Set for Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ◼

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇤ Guenon (Ceropithecus, Meerkatz). In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Special Collections), fol. 40 Part of Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter ◼
  • ⇤ Heinrich (I) Vogtherr (printmaker attr.), Guenon (Beck) Part of Set of animals (Beck) ◼
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Guenon (Cercopithecus) (Iconclass: 25F22(GUENON))
Functional context

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

Caption

Cercopithecus

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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