Figure d'un Elephant de mer

About This Item

Title

Subject

Walruses

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Woodcut illustrates the Elephant of the Sea, which may be a walrus. The Elephant of the Sea was hunted for its hide, which was said to make excellent leather, impervious to rot.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 803. 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.803

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

7 x 14 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un Elephant de mer,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed May 3, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3054.