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Figure de la Torpille

About This Item

Title

Figure de la Torpille

Subject

Animals, Poisonous
Book Illustrations

Description

Title take from caption of woodcut.
An electric ray, whose skin will numb any part of an animal or human that touches it.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Publisher

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

Date

1614

Language

French

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZEa_9f.771

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 9 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de la Torpille,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3046.