Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [Ico1884] Hippopotamus
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[T9132] Hipopotam after Hadrian's coin. In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Liber IIII: qui est de Piscium & Aquatilium animantium natura, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1558 (Washington, Library of Congress), p. 495 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T4600] Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. XLIX (Gryps Gryphus / Hippopotamus Wasser Ochs / Hippopotamus). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim), after p. 110 (iii) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T43289] Hippopotamus, Sheep, Porcupine, Tortoise, Hyena and Civet Cat. In Peter Kolb, Caput Bonae Spei hodiernum, das ist: vollständige Beschreibung des africanischen Vorgebürges der Guten Hofnung, Nuremberg: 1719 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), Tab. VI ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T9077] Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile. 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. 24 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T9076] Hippopotamus after Hadrian's coin. 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. 23 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T9088] Hippopotamus Biting Crocodile. In Pierre Belon, L'histoire naturelle des Estranges Poissons Marins ..., Paris: Regnault Chaudière (printer), 1551 (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library), fol. 50 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut, hand colouring paper book decoration: illustration
[T43286] Behemoth, Hipopotamus. In Hiob Ludolf, Iobi Lvdolfi alias Leut-holf dicti Historia Aethiopica ..., Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Zunner (printer), 1681 (Prague, NK ČR) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T6702] John Caius (draughtsman), Hipopotamus Caius ad descript. Plinii & Solini finxit. In Animal drawings collected by Felix Platter (so-called Gessner Albums), vol. 2 (Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Bibliotheek), fol. 65 ◼ drawing page: figure paper book decoration: illustration 1530 ‑ 1565 1530‑01‑01 1565‑12‑31