La figure de la Salamandre

About This Item

Title

Subject

Animals, Poisonous

Urodela

Salamander

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Woodcut of a salamander, which, according to the text, is not only poisonous, but poisons all of the plants it passes by.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 770. 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.770

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

7 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “La figure de la Salamandre,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3045.