Things (Material, inanimate objects, mostly works of art, both preserved and unpreserved)
ID Thing Type Category Technique Materials Function Image Width Height Depth Date description Date from Date to
[T82992]Beluga sturgeon (?) and Sturgeon (Icthio-Colle, Silure). In Pierre Pomet, Histoire générale des drogues, traitant des plantes, des animaux et des minéraux, Paris: Augustine Pillon (printer), Jean-Baptiste Loyson (printer), 1694 (Paris, BnF), p. 75 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T81218]Sterlet sturgeon and Ratfish (L'Esturgeon Sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus. Linn). In Georges Cuvier, Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, vol. 4 [Poissons, Atlas], Paris: 1836 - 1849 (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library), Pl. 113 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T81217]Wels Catfish and Long-whiskered Catfish (Le silure d'Europe, Silurus glanis; Le pimelode aor). In Georges Cuvier, Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, vol. 4 [Poissons, Atlas], Paris: 1836 - 1849 (Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library), Pl. 96 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T40473]Orpine (Laurea drusz wortz). In Gart der Gesundheit, Johannes de Cuba (compiler), Mainz: Peter Schöffer (printer), before 28 March 1485 (Munich, BSB), fol. 195v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, hand colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T40362]Autumn crocus (Hermodactilus, zytloisz). In Gart der Gesundheit, Johannes de Cuba (compiler), Mainz: Peter Schöffer (printer), before 28 March 1485 (Munich, BSB), fol. 176v ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, hand colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82879]Four Fishes (Icthyo-Colla, Sardellen, Anchovies, Silurus). 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. 486 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurepaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2312]Porcupine (Hystrix). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Lib[er] I de Quadrupedibus uiuiparis ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1551 (Halle (Saale), ULB), p. 632 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T49435]Eurasian Beaver (Fiber). In Pedanius Dioscorides, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Petri Andreae Matthioli medici Senensis Commentarii, in libros sex Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, de medica materia. Adiectis quam plurimis plantarum & animalium imaginibus, eodem authore (var. B), Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi (printer), 1554 (Vienna, ÖNB), p. 176 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcut, hand colouringpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T9079]Eurasian Beaver. 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. 30 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T51031]Cristoforo Coriolano (printmaker), Eurasian Beaver (Castor). 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. 279 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T41523]Eurasian Beaver (Castor). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri Medici Tigvrini Historiae Animalivm Liber Primvs De quadrupedibus viuiparis... Editio secunda ..., Frankfurt am Main: Robert Cambier (printer), 1602 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries), p. 309 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T44971]Eurasian Beaver (Fiber, Biber). In Conrad Gessner, Thierbüch: Das ist ein kurtze bschreybung aller vierfüssigen Thieren ..., Conrad Forer (translator), Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1563 (Zürich, ZB), fol. XXIIr ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T46213]Eurasian Beaver. In Conrad Gessner, Icones Animalivm Qvadrvpedvm Viviparorvm Et Oviparorvm ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1560 (Zürich, ETH-Bibliothek), p. 84 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T2302]Eurasian Beaver (Castor). In Conrad Gessner, Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae Animalium Lib[er] I de Quadrupedibus uiuiparis ..., Zürich: Christoph Froschauer (printer), 1551 (Halle (Saale), ULB), p. 336 ◼printing: impressionpage: figurewoodcutpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T49968]Sébastien (I) Le Clerc (printmaker), American Beaver and its Entrails (London, BM) ◼printing: impressionengraving, etchingpaper292404
[T49994]Sébastien (I) Le Clerc (printmaker), American Beaver and its Entrails. In Claude Perrault, Description anatomique de divers animaux dissequez dans l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris: 1682 (Paris, BnF)printing: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T49819]Sébastien (I) Le Clerc (printmaker), American Beaver and its Entrails. In Claude Perrault, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, Paris: l'Imprimerie royale (printer), 1676 (Washington, DC, Smithsonian Libraries) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T50347]Sébastien (I) Le Clerc (printmaker), American Beaver and its Entrails. In Claude Perrault, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux, Paris: l'Imprimerie royale (printer), 1671 (Paris, BnF) ◼printing: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T49818]Sébastien (I) Le Clerc (printmaker), American Beaver and its Entrails. 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: impressionpage: figureengraving, etchingpaperbook decoration: illustration
[T82990]Philips Galle (printmaker), Rhinoceros Abada. Part of Fol. 122. Part of Album H/I/12 (Vienna, Albertina) ◼printing: impressioninserted pieceengravingpaper