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Tab. XLIX (Gryps Gryphus / Hippopotamus Wasser Ochs / Hippopotamus)

In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries)

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Details

Matrices

Tab. XLIX: Griffin and Hippopotamus (Schipper; Wetstenius)

Actors

Jan Janszoon Schipper (fl. 1639-1670) printer : 1657

Places

Amsterdam production place : 1657

Design

Tab. XLIX: Griffin and Hippopotamus (Schipper; Wetstenius) Part of Set of illustrations to Jonston's Historia quadrupedum (Schipper) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XLIX (Gryps Gryphus, Hippopotamus Wasser Ochs, Hippopotamus) Part of Set of illustrations to Jonston's Historia quadrupedum (Merian) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Functional context

Jonston's zoological works (Natural history)

References

Web resources

digital copy (InternetArchive)

Credits

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Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-15 13:20)

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Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2025-08-15 13:21)