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Techniques and Reception of Prints in Central and Eastern Europe (15th–18th c.)
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Sea Cow (Froschauer 1558)

Part of Set of illustrations to Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ⛁

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  • Sea cow (Vacca marina). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Liber IIII: qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1558 (Warsaw, BN), p. 248 ◼
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  • Set of illustrations to Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer) ⛁
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Sea Cow (Froschauer 1558). Part of Set of illustrations to Gessner's Historia animalium (Froschauer)

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  • ⇥ Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Sea cow (Bonomi) (Bologna, Museo di Palazzo Poggi). Part of Set of animals for Aldrovandi's works
  • ⇤ Olaus Magnus (designer), Carta marina et descriptio septemtrionalium terrarum (nine woodblocks)
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    • 2021-10-13 13:40

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    • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

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    • Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-11-28 21:12)

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