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Image number: RS.10128
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‘Figure d’un Elephant’
Date
1582
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X306/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 162mm
width (print): 230mm
width (print): 230mm
Subject
Description
Figure of an elephant, viewed from the side.
In discussing the elephant the author compares the tusks of elephants with the supposed horns of unicorns.
Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare ... a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f.23.
Ambroise Paré (c.1510-1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France.
In discussing the elephant the author compares the tusks of elephants with the supposed horns of unicorns.
Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare ... a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f.23.
Ambroise Paré (c.1510-1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France.
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