Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
Iconography: [Ico57] Fabulous animals and narrower iconographies
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T9108]Unicorn (Camphruch). In La cosmographie uniuerselle (1), Paris: Pierre L'Huillier (printer), 1575 (Providence, RI, John Carter Brown Library), fol. 431vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T4517]Tabl. X (Monoceros / Capricornus Marinus / Monoceros). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), after p. 36 (i)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T4517]Tabl. X (Monoceros / Capricornus Marinus / Monoceros). In Jan Jonston, Historiae Naturalis De Quadrupedibus Libri. Cum aeneis figuris ..., Amsterdam: Jan Janszoon Schipper (printer), 1657 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), after p. 36 (i)printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T16935]Robert Walton (print publisher), A Booke of all Kinds of BEASTS, in their severall Shapes, Postures, and Proportions, being the third Part of the View of Creation. This, as also all other Parts, are Printed & Sold By Robert Walton, at the Globe & Compasses, near the Great North Door of St. Pauls Church (London, BM)printing: impressionengravingpaperbook decoration: front matter2721741660 ‑ 16701660‑01‑011670‑12‑31
[T16935]Robert Walton (print publisher), A Booke of all Kinds of BEASTS, in their severall Shapes, Postures, and Proportions, being the third Part of the View of Creation. This, as also all other Parts, are Printed & Sold By Robert Walton, at the Globe & Compasses, near the Great North Door of St. Pauls Church (London, BM)printing: impressionengravingpaperbook decoration: front matter2721741660 ‑ 16701660‑01‑011670‑12‑31
[T84352]Animals of America. In Arnoldus Montanus, America: being an accurate description of the Nevv VVorld, John Ogilby (translator), London: 1670 (Providence, RI, John Carter Brown Library), p. 173printing: impressionpage: figureengravingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T47859]Erinus. In Viellerley wu[n]derbarlicher Thier des Erdtrichs Mehrs vnd des Luffts allen anfahenden Malern vnd Goldtschmieden nuetzlich Sampt andern Kuenstnern, Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1546 (Munich, BSB), fol. K3rprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T84160]Printer's Device of Gabriel Giolito. In I commentari. Con figure, e tavole delle materie e de i nomi delle citta, ch'in questi commentari si leggono, antichi e moderni, per adietro non piu stampate, Venice: Gabriele Giolito (printer), 1557 (Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon), fol. A1rprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T50462]Oriental Broad-tailed Sheep with its Tail on a Carriage and Vegetable Lamb of Tartary (Von dem Scythischen Lamb ofer Frucht-Thier Boromez, wie auch gemeinen und Orientalischen Schaafen, Wolle, Oesypus und dergleichen). In Michael Bernhard Valentini, Museum Museorum, Oder Vollständige Schau-Bühne Aller Materialien und Specereyen, Frankfurt am Main: Johann David Zunner (printer), 1714 (Bamberg, SBB), p. 457printing: impressionpage: figureetchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T39875]Quarterly Coat of Arms of the House of Wittelsbach with Lion and Unicorn as Supporters. In Theophylact Simocatta, Theophilacti scolastici Simocati ep[isto]le morales. Rurales et amatorie interpretatione latina, Nicolaus Copernicus (translator), Cracow: Jan Haller (printer), December 1509 (Cracow, BJ), fol. [1v]drawingpage: figurepenpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T46704]Quarterly Coat of Arms of Janusz Paweł and Adam Konstanty Ostrogski. In Posłowie iapońscy do Pawła V biskupa rzymskiego, narod y droga ich, Jakub Śliwski (translator), Cracow: Franciszek (I) Cezary (printer), 1616 (Warsaw, BN)printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T16792]Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri (printmaker attr.), Gregory XIII carried on the sedia gestatoria (London, BM)printing: impressionsingle pieceengravingpaper37726313 May 1572 ‑ 10 April 15851572‑05‑131585‑04‑10
[T82675]Paul V Carried on the Sedia Gestatoria and Papal Ceremonies (Nuremberg, GNM)printing: impressionengravingpaper398503
[T82704]Paul V Carried on the Sedia Gestatoria and Papal Ceremonies (Wolfenbüttel, HAB)printing: impressionetchingpaper
[T51889]Twelve Princes of the Empire (Dresden, SKD, Kupferstich-Kabinett)printing: impressionwoodcutpaper
[T55639]White Eagle with Vasa Held by Two Putti and Surrounded by 24 Coats of Arms and Border with the Dove of the Holy Ghost. In Adam Makowski, Nadzieia swięta, Sczęsliwey Expedycyey Moskiewskiey, y Zwycięstwa Naiaśnieyszego y Niezwycięzonego Monarchy Władysława IV Krola Polskiego, y Szwedzkiego, &c.&c. przy łzach wesołych na obrazie Naświętszey Panny (w Myślinicach) nowo widzianych, Cracow: Maciej Jędrzejowczyk (printer), 1634, fol. A1vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T55639]White Eagle with Vasa Held by Two Putti and Surrounded by 24 Coats of Arms and Border with the Dove of the Holy Ghost. In Adam Makowski, Nadzieia swięta, Sczęsliwey Expedycyey Moskiewskiey, y Zwycięstwa Naiaśnieyszego y Niezwycięzonego Monarchy Władysława IV Krola Polskiego, y Szwedzkiego, &c.&c. przy łzach wesołych na obrazie Naświętszey Panny (w Myślinicach) nowo widzianych, Cracow: Maciej Jędrzejowczyk (printer), 1634, fol. A1vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T83819]White Eagle with Vasa Held by Two Putti and Surrounded by 24 Coats of Arms. In Laetitia Poloniae in celeberrimis nuptiis [...] Vladislai IV regis Poloniae [...] sponsi et [...] Caeciliae Renatae [...] sponsae, Cracow: Franciszek (I) Cezary (printer), 1637 (Warsaw, BN), fol. A1vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T83819]White Eagle with Vasa Held by Two Putti and Surrounded by 24 Coats of Arms. In Laetitia Poloniae in celeberrimis nuptiis [...] Vladislai IV regis Poloniae [...] sponsi et [...] Caeciliae Renatae [...] sponsae, Cracow: Franciszek (I) Cezary (printer), 1637 (Warsaw, BN), fol. A1vprinting: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: front matter
[T5816]Unicorn (Unicornis ein Einhorn). In Albertus Magnus, Thierbuch Alberti Magni ..., Walther Hermann Ryff (translator), Frankfurt am Main: Cyriacus Jacob (printer), 1545 (Munich, BSB), fol. H3printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration