Figure du combat du Rhinoceros contre l'Elephant

About This Item

Title

Subject

Elephants

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from woodcut.

Woodcut shows various scenes from a battle between an elephant and a rhinoceros. Also shows the elephant being hunted by a man in a tree. Pare writes that Rhinoceros and Elephants are mortal enemies, and will fight each other whenever they cross paths.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 800. 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.800

Spatial Coverage

Africa

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du combat du Rhinoceros contre l'Elephant,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 4, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3051.