Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Things – [Ico4183] Chameleon
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[T45096] Chameleon. In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini historiae animalium liber II. de quadrupedibus oviparis ... item oviparorum quorundam appendix, Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1554 (Zürich, ZB), p. 3 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T22206] Chameleon. In Pierre Belon, Les Observations De Plvsieurs Singularitez Et choses memorables, trouuées en Grece, Asie ..., Paris: Guillaume Cavellat (printer), 1553 (Munich, BSB), p. 125 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T81004] Chameleon. In Ambroise Paré, Deux Livres De Chirvrgie, I. De la generatio[n] de l’homme... 2. Des monstres tant terrestres que marins ..., Paris: André Wechel (printer), 1573 (Paris, Bibliothèques d'Université Paris Cité - Bibliothèque numérique Medica), p. 580 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T80998] Chameleon. In Ambroise Paré, Les Oevvres de M. Ambroise Paré Conseiller, Et Premier Chirvrgien Dv Roy ..., Paris: Gabriel Buon (printer), 1575 (Mons, Bibliothèque centrale (UMONS)), p. 849 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T77936] Chameleon. In Claude Perrault, Memoires for a natural history of animals, Alexander Pitfield (translator), London: Joseph Streater (printer), 1688 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), pag. 16 ◼ printing: impression page: figure etching, engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T76063] Willem Janszoon Blaeu (designer), Map of Africa. In Geographica Et Hydrographica Nova Africae Descriptio, Amsterdam: Hendrik (I) Hondius (printer), 1624 (Weimar, HAAB) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book 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, Library of Congress) ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut
[T51926] Chameleons (Chamaeleon varius). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedib[us] Digitatis Viviparis Libri Tres ..., Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), Bartolomeo Ambrosini (publisher), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1645 (Warsaw, BN), p. 670 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T8947] Chameleon. In Collection of works by Pseudo-Oppien, Xenophon and Manuel Philes (BnF, 1554), manuscript (Paris, BnF), fol. 94r ◼ drawing page: figure pencil, washes, pen paper book decoration: illustration
[T64043] Various animals. In Animalium Quadrupedum Omnis Generis Verae et Artificiosissimae Delineationes, Antwerp: Eduard van Hoeswinckel (printer), 1583 (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper
[T51928] Black chameleon (Chamaeleon niger). In Ulisse Aldrovandi, Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis De Qvadrvpedib[us] Digitatis Viviparis Libri Tres ..., Bologna: Nicolò Tebaldini (printer), Bartolomeo Ambrosini (publisher), Marco Antonio Bernia (publisher), 1645 (Warsaw, BN), p. 671 ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T50349] Chameleon. In Claude Perrault, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, Paris: l'Imprimerie royale (printer), 1671 (Paris, BnF) ◼ printing: impression page: figure etching, engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T49976] Chameleon (London, BM) ◼ printing: impression etching paper
[T49997] Chameleon. In Claude Perrault, Description anatomique de divers animaux dissequez dans l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris: 1682 (Paris, BnF) printing: impression page: figure etching paper book decoration: illustration
[T50000] Chameleon. In Claude Perrault, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, Paris: l'Imprimerie royale (printer), 1676 (Washington, Smithsonian Libraries) ◼ printing: impression page: figure etching, engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T49969] Chameleon. In Claude Perrault, Description anatomique d'un caméléon, d'un castor, d'un dromadaire, d'un ours et d'une gazelle, Paris: 1669 (Turin, Università di Torino) printing: impression page: figure etching, engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T43284] Map of Ethiopia. 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
[T43436] Workshop of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printmaker), Tab. LXXVIII: Lizards, Chameleon. In Jan Jonston, Historiae Natvralis De Quadrvpetibvs Libri ..., Frankfurt am Main: Heirs of Matthäus Merian the Elder (printer), 1649 - 1652 (Mannheim, Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration
[T44788] Chameleon (Gamaleon). In Ortus sanitatis, Johannes de Cuba (compiler attr.), Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach (printer), 23 June 1491 (Munich, BSB), fol. 274r ◼ printing: impression page: figure woodcut paper book decoration: illustration
[T18239] Wenceslaus Hollar (designer), David Loggan (printmaker), Animals and plants. In Wenceslaus Hollar, Animalivm, Ferarvm & Bestiarvm, Florvm, Frvctvvm, Muscarum, Vermiumq[ue] Icones Variae, omnes ad vivum delineatae ..., London: Peter Stent (printer), 1663 (London, The Wellcome Library) ◼ printing: impression page: figure engraving paper book decoration: illustration