Figure de la prinse des Crocodiles

About This Item

Title

Subject

Alligators and Crocodiles

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Scene from hunting a crocodile. A crocodile is caught by being lured with a piece of camel flesh attached to a large hook. Once the crocodile eats the flesh, it is attached to the hook. Then, the crocodile is pulled out of the water, secured, and beaten with heavy clubs.

Pare remarks that crocodiles are good for curing poor eyesight, cataracts, and acne.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1056. 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.1056

Spatial Coverage

Egypt

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure de la prinse des Crocodiles,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3126.