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Image number: RS.10133
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‘Figure d’un Elephant de Mer’
Date
1582
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/X306/2
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 162mm
width (print): 162mm
Subject
Description
Figure of a walrus, viewed from the side.
In discussing the animal the author notes that: “..se nomme Elephant de mer, & est plus gros qu'un Elephant: lequel habite en l'eau, et en la terre, ayant deux dents semblables a celles d'un Elephant...” (Named the Sea Elephant it is bigger than the Elephant: it lives in the water, and on the earth, and has two teeth similar to those of an Elephant...)
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.28.
Ambroise Paré (c.1510-1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France.
In discussing the animal the author notes that: “..se nomme Elephant de mer, & est plus gros qu'un Elephant: lequel habite en l'eau, et en la terre, ayant deux dents semblables a celles d'un Elephant...” (Named the Sea Elephant it is bigger than the Elephant: it lives in the water, and on the earth, and has two teeth similar to those of an Elephant...)
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.28.
Ambroise Paré (c.1510-1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France.
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