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A cercopithecus (a long-tailed monkey) holding a stick in its right hand. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

  • Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565
Date:
1553/1560
Reference:
40987i
  • Pictures

About this work

Description

The pictures of animals in the volumes of Historia animalium are arranged in systematic order. The first edition of this part was dedicated to Henry Gray, Duke of Suffolk, who however died before the book reached him. The second edition was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth If England

Publication/Creation

Tiguri [Zürich] : C. Froschoverus [C. Froschauer], 1553/1560.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut ; image 10.5 x 4.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Cercopitheci...German. Ein wunderbare Affen oder Meerkatzenart...

References note

H. Fischer, G. Petit et al., Gessner - Universalgelehrter, Naturforscher, Arzt, Zürich 1967
H. Wellisch, Conrad Gessner, A bio-bibliography, Zug (Switzerland) 1984, p. 69.

Notes

On the same sheet as no. 40988 in the catalogue

Reference

Wellcome Collection 40987i

Lettering note

The title pages of three Icones volumes bear subtitles in Italian, French and German, probably because they were aimed at a larger market and at people who could no longer read Latin. The illustrations carry legends in all four languages

Type/Technique

Languages

  • Latin

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