Two snakes holding a book; surmounted by a crowned eagle. Engraving, 1702.

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[1702]
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567628i
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Two snakes holding a book; surmounted by a crowned eagle. Engraving, 1702. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The crowned eagle represents the patronage of the Habsburg emperor Leopold I, to whom the volume is dedicated

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[Berlin] : [J.M. Rüdiger], [1702]

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1 print : engraving ; image 17.6 x 13.5 cm

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Caesareo-Leopoldinae naturae curiosorum Academiae ephemeridum physico-medicarum decadis III, annus. VII et VIII The snakes hold in their mouths a book bearing the motto of the academy: "Nunquam otiosus" (never idle)

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Wellcome Collection 567628i

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