Figure du Herisson de Mer

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Caption names the fish as the Hedgehog of the Sea. Sea Hedgehog is an old term for sea urchin and for the porcupine fish. Given the fish in the woodcut, the Hedgehog of the Sea is most likely a porcupine fish

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 71. ZEa 9f (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1614

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.71

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 16 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du Herisson de Mer,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3026.