Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Functional context: [F353] Gessner's Historia animalium or Icones, or Topsell
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ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T83447]Fourhorn sculpin (Scorpus simpliciter vel maior). 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. 1017 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T4416]Indian Goat Pair (Capra Indica - Eiusdem ex libro quodam impresso Icones). In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 18 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2312]Porcupine (Hystrix). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Lib[er] I de Quadrupedibus uiuiparis ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1551 (Halle (Saale), ULB), p. 632 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T41523]Eurasian Beaver (Castor). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1602 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 309 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T44971]Eurasian Beaver (Fiber, Biber). In Conrad Gessner, Thierbüch: Das ist ein kurtze bschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren ..., Conrad Forer (translator), Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1563 (Zürich, ZB), fol. XXIIr ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T46213]Eurasian Beaver. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 84 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2302]Eurasian Beaver (Castor). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Lib[er] I de Quadrupedibus uiuiparis ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1551 (Halle (Saale), ULB), p. 336 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T81205]Beluga sturgeon (Alterum corrolarium de husone, ut Germani appellant, docti plerique antaceum interpretantur). 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. 59 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5621]Aurochs (Ure-Ox). In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 559 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[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
[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
[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
[T82426]Elk (Hippelaphus). In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library), p. 326 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82425]Elk (Hippelaphus). In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 255 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82423]Elk. In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library), p. 212 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82422]Elk. In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library), p. 212 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82421]Elk. In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 166 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82419]Elk with horns. In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 166 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82417]Beaver II. In Edward Topsell, The Historie Of Fovre-Footed Beastes ..., London: William Jaggard (printer), 1607 (London, The Wellcome Library), p. 45 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82416]Beaver II. In Edward Topsell, The History Of Four-footed Beasts And Serpents..., London: Ellen Cotes (printer), 1658 (Durham, NC, Duke University Libraries), p. 36 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration