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  • A variety of animals, including lions, stags, elephants and mythical creatures roaming a rocky landscape. Engraving.
  • A variety of animals copied from artworks in Rome, including elephants, lions and mythical creatures, set together in one landscape. Engraving.
  • A warrior wearing armour riding on a mythical creature in the shape of a horse, but formed by a variety of animals, people, birds and fish, holding a snake in each hand. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Illustrated tantric scroll showing rewards devotees receive from worship and obedience to demi-gods. At the top, a mythical creature displaying features of various animals, e. g. tail of a peacock, the bill of a crow etc. Below, to the left, Mahakala and Mahakali, god and goddess of fire are illustrated, with to the right the Hakini or demi-god with seven faces, the middle face having three eyes.
  • Illustrated tantric scroll showing rewards devotees receive from worship and obedience to demi-gods. At the top, a mythical creature displaying features of various animals, e. g. tail of a peacock, the bill of a crow etc. Below, to the left, Mahakala and Mahakali, god and goddess of fire are illustrated, with to the right the Hakini or demi-god with seven faces, the middle face having three eyes.
  • A mythical animal in the shape of a peacock. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A yali (?), a mythical animal with the body of a peacock and the head of a dragon. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Eight snakes, including a reticulated python, a slow worm, a thirst snake, a Russell's viper and a mythical two-headed serpent. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • Witchcraft: a white-faced witch meeting a black-faced witch with a great beast. Woodcut, 1720.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • A winged figure carrying witches and monsters through the air. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.
  • Prodigiorum ac ostentorum chronicon, : quae praeter naturae ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in superioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ... / per Conradum Lycosthenem.