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Figure de deux ensans monstrueux, n'agueres nez à Paris

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Title

Figure de deux ensans monstrueux, n'agueres nez à Paris

Subject

Congenital Abnormalities
Twins, Conjoined
Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.
Image of conjoined twin boy and girl, named Louis and Louise. When Pare wrote his work on Monsters, the twins were still living.

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.1010b

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

8 x 13 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de deux ensans monstrueux, n'agueres nez à Paris,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed May 2, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3092.