Pourtraict de l'Aloes poisson Monstrueux

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of the Aloes, a fish that looks like a goose. In the foreground there is a hunting party attempting to catch the Aloes with spears and arrows.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1057. 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.1057

Spatial Coverage

Ocean, off the coast of the West Indies

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Pourtraict de l'Aloes poisson Monstrueux,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3127.