Monsters

About This Item

Title

Monsters

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title provided by cataloger.

Standing monster was born in Quiers, Piedmont in 1578.

Monster inside of the egg was found in Caucheron, Burgundy, in 1569. A chambermaid was cracking eggs and found the monster inside of one of them. The white of the egg was given to the cat, who then instantly died.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1008. 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.1008

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

36 x 22 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Monsters,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 24, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3088.