Figure du poisson nommé Vletif, espece de Licorne de mer

About This Item

Title

Subject

Sharks

Whales

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Woodcut depicts the mythical Vletif, the Licorn of the Sea that was thought to inhabit the ocean off the coast of Africa. Some think that the Vletif is a description of the Narwhal, but it is most likely the Sawshark, which is known to live off of the coast of South Africa.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 805. 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.805

Spatial Coverage

African Coast

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du poisson nommé Vletif, espece de Licorne de mer,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3056.