Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

  • Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565.
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[1560?]
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41004i
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Above, an otter eating a fish; below, a beaver. Woodcut after C. Gessner. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Otter: any of several aquatic fish-eating mammals of the family Mustelidae, esp. of the genus Lutra, having strong claws and webbed feet

Beaver: any large amphibious broad tailed rodent of the genus Castor

Publication/Creation

[Tiguri [Zürich]] : [C. Froschoverus [C.Froschauer]], [1560?]

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1 print : woodcut ; image 17.2 x 26.2 cm

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Animal. in dulcib. aquis Ordo II 353. Germ. Biber... The lettering is mainly in Latin, but gives the German and English versions of the name

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On the same sheet as nos. 41005i, 41006i, 41007i in this catalogue

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Wellcome Collection 41004i

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