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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Egyptian Mongoose (Ichneumon)

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. 566

p. 566 (72 of 136 in-Urus figures)
p. 566
p. 572
Details
  • printing: impression
  • woodcut
  • paper
  • page: figure
  • book decoration: illustration
Matrices
  • Egyptian Mongoose (Froschauer 1551)
Actors
  • Robert Cambier (fl. 1581-1598) printer : 1620
Places
  • Frankfurt am Main production place : 1620
Design

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

In-Urus interactions
  • ⇥ Egyptian Mongoose (state I/II) Part of Set of Nova raccolta de li Animali piu curiosi del Mondo (Rossi) ◼
  • ⇥ Egyptian Mongoose (Osterberger) ◼
  • ⇥ Ferdinand Verbiest (designer), Kun yu quan tu (坤輿全圖) ◼
  • ⇤ Egyptian Mongoose (Ichneumon)
Expert view
Iconography description
  • Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) (Iconclass: 25FF23(ICHNEUMON))
Functional context

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

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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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