Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Iconography: [Ico1777] Elephant and narrower iconographies
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T84279]Hunting and a Fight between a Rhinoceros and an Elephant. In Peter Kolb, Caput Bonae Spei hodiernum, das ist: vollständige Beschreibung des africanischen Vorgebürges der Guten Hofnung, Nuremberg: 1719 (Regensburg, Staatliche Bibliothek), Tab. IVprinting: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84206]Thomas Morris (printmaker), Various Beasts of Different Parts of the World. In John Hamilton Moore, A new and complete collection of voyages and travels, London: Alexander Hogg (printer), 1785 (London, Wellcome Collection), p. 528/529printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84271]Thomas Morris (printmaker), Various Beasts of Different Parts of the World (London, Wellcome Collection)printing: impressionextracted pieceengraving, etchingpaper
[T84270]Thomas Morris (printmaker), Various Beasts of Different Parts of the World (London, Wellcome Collection)printing: impressionextracted piece
[T84261]Thomas Morris (printmaker), Various Beasts of Different Parts of the World. In George Henry Millar, The New, Complete, Authentic, and Universal System of Geography: Being a Complete Modern History and Description of the Whole World, London: Alexander Hogg (printer), 1782, p. 310/311printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84235]Title Page to Nieuhof's Voyages and Travels. In Johannes Nieuhof, Joan Nieuhofs Gedenkwaerdige zee en lantreize door de voornaemste landschappen van West en Oostindien, Amsterdam: 1682 (Washington, DC, Library of Congress)printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: title page
[T84225]Title Page to Nieuhof's Voyages and Travels. In Johannes Nieuhof, Mr. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages & travells into ye best provinces of ye West and East Indies, London: John Churchill (publisher), 1703 (Stanford, CA, Stanford University Libraries)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: title page
[T84216]Nathaniel Parr (printmaker), Six animals. In A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, vol. 2, John Green (compiler), London: Thomas Astley (publisher), 1745 (New York, NYPL)printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84123]Johannes van der Spyck (printmaker), Elephants. In Jakob Boerhave, Aandagtig beschouw, naauwkeurig ondersoek, ende uitvoerige verklaaring van den Behemoth, en den Leviathan, Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans (printer), 1737 (Vienna, ÖNB), Pl. Iprinting: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaper
[T84097]Elephant under a Palm Tree. In Cristóbal Acosta, Tractado delas drogas, y medicinas de las Indias Orientales, Burgos: Martín de Vitoria (printer), 1578 (Providence, RI, John Carter Brown Library), p. 418printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84069]Jean Philippe Aubry (printmaker), Elephants. In Hiob Ludolf, Iobi Lvdolfi alias Leut-holf dicti Historia Aethiopica ..., Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Zunner (printer), 1681 (Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook 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 (Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82785]Elephant (Lof der Oliphanten, ende van sijn groot verstant). In Gaius Plinius Secundus, C. Plinii Secundi des wijd-vermaerden natuurkondigers vijf boecken handelende van de nature, Amsterdam: Joost Hartgers (printer), 1650 (Ghent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent), p. 141printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T73365]Jost Amman (printmaker), Jost Amman (printmaker), Elephant. In Gaius Plinius Secundus, Historia mundi naturalis, Frankfurt am Main: Martin Lechler (printer), Sigmund Feyerabend (publisher), 1582 (Munich, BSB), p. 108printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82784]Frontispiece with Temptation and Fall. In Gaius Plinius Secundus, C. Plinii Secundi des wijd-vermaerden natuurkondigers vijf boecken handelende van de nature, Amsterdam: Joost Hartgers (printer), 1650 (Ghent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent)printing: impressionpage: marginalia and bordersetchingpaperbook decoration: title page
[T82449]Jacob van der Heyden (printmaker), Giambattista della Porta. In Giambattista della Porta, Ioannis Baptistae Portae Neapolitani, De Distillationibus, Libri IX, Strasbourg: Lazarus Zetzner (publisher), 1609 (Wrocław, BUWr)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: title page
[T82452]Giacomo Lauro (printmaker), Giambattista della Porta. In Giambattista della Porta, Ioannis Baptistae Portae Neapolitani, De Distillationibus, Libri IX, Rome: Stamperia Camerale (printer), 1608 (Pisa, Biblioteca Universitaria)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: title page
[T82282]Giacomo Lauro (printmaker), Giambattista della Porta. Part of p. 49. Part of Collection Marolles, vol. 58 (Paris, BnF)printing: impressioninserted pieceengravingpaper
[T1853]Abraham de Bruyn (printmaker), Rhinoceros, horned hare and three elephants (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T5777]Elephant (Elphas). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. C2printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration