Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [Ico1900] Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T79722]Jacques de Sève (designer), Johann Friedrich Volckart (printmaker), Beaver's Paws and Beaver (Castor Fiber Linn.). In Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (Tafelband 2), Erlangen: Wolfgang Walther (printer), 1844, Pl. CLXXVprinting: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T78873]Jacob Andreas Fridrich (printmaker), Beaver and Porcupine. In Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, Kupfer-Bibel, In welcher Die Physica Sacra ..., Augsburg, Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner (printer), Johann Andreas Pfeffel (publisher), 1731 - 1735 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), Tab. DCVIIIprinting: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T78761]James Heath (printmaker), Beaver (Common Beaver). In George Shaw, Zoological lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1806 and 1807, vol. 1, London: 1809, Pl. 29printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T78724]Johann Elias Ridinger (designer, printmaker), Beaver (Die Biber haben 2. bis 3. Iunge). In Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Johann Elias Ridinger, Betrachtung der wilden Thiere mit beygefügter vortrefflicher Poesie des hochberühmten Herrn Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Augsburg: Johann Elias Ridinger (printer), 1736 (Göttingen, SUB), 27printing: impression
[T78034]Jacques de Sève (draughtsman), Beaver. Part of Figures pour l'histoire des quadrupèdes, par M. de Buffon, vol. III (Paris, BnF). Part of Drawings for Buffon's Histoire naturelledrawinginserted piecepaperpreparatory model17551755‑01‑011755‑12‑31
[T77587]Beaver (Kia Wei). Part of Collection des animaux de la Chine (Paris, BnF)drawingwatercolourpaper
[T57478]David Kandel (printmaker attr.), White poplar (Bellen, Pappelbaun). In Hieronymus Bock, Kreuter Bůch ..., Strasbourg: Wendelin Rihel (printer), 1546 (Vienna, ÖNB), fol. LIIIIrprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T62846]Beaver. In Jakub Kazimierz Haur, Skład Abo Skarbiec Znakomitych Sekretow Oekonomiey Ziemianskiey ..., Cracow: Mikołaj Aleksander Schedel (printer), 1693 (Warsaw, BN), p. 303printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T44393]Beaver (Castor). In Ortus sanitatis, Johannes de Cuba (compiler attr.), Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach (printer), 23 June 1491 (Munich, BSB), fol. 263vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T36940]Beaver (Castor, Bobr). In O ziolach y o moczy gich : O paleniu wodek z ziol ; O Oleykoch przyprawianiu ..., Stefan Falimirz (translator), Cracow: Florian Ungler (printer), 24 December 1534 (Warsaw, BN), fol. 7vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T6519]Beavers (De castoribus). In Olaus Magnus, Historia De Gentibvs Septentrionalibvs ..., Rome: Giovanni Maria Viotti (printer), 1555 (Oslo, Nasjonalbiblioteket), p. 604printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T74887]Beaver (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)printing: impressionengraving, handwritingpaper
[T43412]Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. LXVIII (Vitulus marinus, Lutra, Castor, Lonx, Herinaceus, Hijstrix). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T58110]Beaver (Biber). In Johannes Stumpf, Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnoschafft Stetten, Landen und Völckeren Chronick wirdiger Thaaten Beschreybung [part 2], Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1548 (Zürich, ZB), fol. 290rprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T74881]Ferdinand Verbiest (designer), Kun yu quan tu (Full Map of the World ; simplified Chinese 坤舆全图; traditional Chinese: 坤輿全圖) (Washington, DC, Library of Congress)printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut
[T41225]Beaver (Bobr, Castor, Byber). In Herbarz to iest, Zioł tutecznych, postronnych, y Zamorskich opisanie..., Marcin Siennik (compiler), Cracow: Mikołaj Szarfenberger (printer), 1568 (Warsaw, BN), fol. 282printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T69950]Beaver (Biber). In Modelbuch Aller art Nehens vn Stickens ..., Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolff (printer), 1535 (New York, The Met), fol. 14rprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T71705]Beaver and otter. In Pedanius Dioscorides, Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De Medicinali Materia Libri Sex, Frankfurt am Main: Christian Egenolff (printer), March 1543 (Munich, BSB), p. 104printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T67218]Beaver (Castor, Bobr). In Hieronim Spiczyński ( attr.), O Ziolach tutecznych y zamorskich y o mocy ich ..., Cracow: Heirs of Marek Szarfenberg (printer), 1556 (Warsaw, BN), fol. 142rprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T64043]Various animals. In Animalium Quadrupedum Omnis Generis Verae et Artificiosissimae Delineationes, Antwerp: Eduard van Hoeswinckel (printer), 1583 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaper