Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
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[T82445]Wolf. In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library), p. 734printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82442]Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. In The vvhite vvolfe or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, Feb. 11. : being the last Sonday in Hillarie tearme, anno 1627, London: George Miller (printer), Robert Milbourne (publisher), 1627 (Washington, DC, FSL) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82443]Wolf in his own skin. In The vvhite vvolfe or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, Feb. 11. : being the last Sonday in Hillarie tearme, anno 1627, London: George Miller (printer), Robert Milbourne (publisher), 1627 (Washington, DC, FSL) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2349]Apish fox (simivulpa). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Lib[er] I de Quadrupedibus uiuiparis ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1551 (Halle (Saale), ULB), p. 981 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82370]Unusual Fish Caught in Venice in September 1624. In Le Portrait d'un Poisson, merveilleux et Monstrueux, qui a 36 pieds de longueur et 16 de largeur, apporté de Venise et présenté au Roy, Paris: [in or after September] 1624 (Paris, Musée Carnavalet) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: colophon
[T82437]Wels catfish (Silurus for Ichthyocolla). In Pierre Belon, Petri Bellonii Cenomani De aquatilibus Libri duo ..., Paris: Charles Estienne (printer), 1553 (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library), p. 104 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T81202]Wels Catfish (De Glanide Rondeletius). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Liber IIII: qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1558 (Washington, DC, Library of Congress), p. 457 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T81190]Wels Catfish (De Glanide). In Gvlielmi Rondeletii ... Vniuersae aquatilium Historiae pars altera ..., Lyon: Macé Bonhomme (printer), 1555 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 186 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T6058]American Bison (Le pourtraict du boeuf de quiuira, qui se rapporte fort au Bisons). In Gaius Iulius Caesar, Les Commentaires De Cesar Des Gverres De La Gavle ..., Blaise de Vigenère (translator), Paris: Nicolas Chesneau (printer), 1576 (Vienna, ÖNB), p. 233 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T8424]Christoffel Jegher (printmaker), American Bison (Taurus Quivirensis). In Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Ioannis Evsebii Nierembergii ... Historia Natvrae, Maximae Peregrinae..., Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus (printer), 1635 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), p. 181 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58213]American Bison (Toreau sauuage). In André Thevet, Les singvlaritez de la France antarctiqve, avtrement nommée Amerique ..., Paris: Heirs of Maurice de La Porte (printer), 1557 (Washington, DC, Library of Congress), fol. 147v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T32245]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), Chillingham cattle (Bison albus Scoticus). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] Historia ..., Bologna: Giovanni Battista Ferroni (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1641 - 1642 (Augsburg, SSB), p. 356 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T32199]Cristoforo Coriolano (blockcutter), American Bison (Taurus Floridae, Butro). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Qvadrvpedvm Omniv[m] Bisvlcorv[m] Historia ..., Bologna: Giovanni Battista Ferroni (printer), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1641 - 1642 (Augsburg, SSB), p. 356 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T9044]Arnold Nicolai (blockcutter), American Bison. In André Thevet, Les Singvlaritez De La France Antarctiqve, Avtrement Nommée Amerique ..., Antwerp: Christophe Plantin (printer), 1558 (Paris, BnF), fol. 144v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T19714]American Bison. In La Historia Generale Delle Indie Occidentali ..., Rome: Valerio Dorico (printer), 1556 (Rome, BNCR), p. 202 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T6047]American Bison. In Francisco López de Gómara, Hispania Victrix: Primera Y Secvnda Parte de la historia general de las Indias ..., Medina del Campo: Guillermo de Millis (printer), 1553 (Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid), fol. cxvii ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T19828]American Bison. In Francisco López de Gómara, La istoria de las Indias y conquista de Mexico, Zaragoza: Agustín Millán (publisher), 1552 (Madrid, BNE), fol. CXVIv ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T19423]American Bison (Taurus Mexicanus). In Johann Faber, Ioannis Fabri Lyncei Bambergensis ... Animalia Mexicana ..., Rome: Giacomo Mascardi (printer), 1628 (London, BL), p. 587 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82407]Catoblepas (The Gorgon). In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library) ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T43205]Beavers (Fiber). In Pietro Castelli, Hyaena Odorifera Petri Castelli Romani, Messina: Giovanni Francesco Bianco (widow) (printer), 1638 (Munich, BSB), p. 32 ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration