Figure du Limaçon de la mer Sarmatique

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from woodcut.

Image of a sea snail, said to be the size of a wine cask, with blubs at the end of its horns that look like pearls and a striped body. This snail was found in the Sarmatian Sea, possibly the modern day Baltic Sea

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1058. 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.1058

Spatial Coverage

Baltic sea coast

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 17 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure du Limaçon de la mer Sarmatique,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3128.