Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10609
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Indian elephant
Date
1669
Creator
Andreas Lorenzen Rothgiesser (German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
57159
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 294mm
width (print): 188mm
width (print): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of an Indian elephant and human rider, the latter bearing the book half-title held on a banner made of the pelt of a lion. The elephant is depicted standing in a forest of palms.
Frontispiece plate to the book Orientalische Reise-Beschreibunge Jurgen Andersen aus Schlesswig der An. Christi 1644, aussgezogen und 1650 wieder kommen, und Volquard Iversen aus Holstein...edited by Adam Olearius (Schlesswig, 1669). The plate is inscribed lower right: ‘And.Rothgiesser f...’ [partly lost].
Adam Olearius (1599-1671) [Adam Ölschläger or sometimes Oehlschlaeger] was a German scholar, traveller and librarian.
Frontispiece plate to the book Orientalische Reise-Beschreibunge Jurgen Andersen aus Schlesswig der An. Christi 1644, aussgezogen und 1650 wieder kommen, und Volquard Iversen aus Holstein...edited by Adam Olearius (Schlesswig, 1669). The plate is inscribed lower right: ‘And.Rothgiesser f...’ [partly lost].
Adam Olearius (1599-1671) [Adam Ölschläger or sometimes Oehlschlaeger] was a German scholar, traveller and librarian.
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