Figure d'une beste monstrueuse, laquelle ne vit que de vent, dite Haiit

About This Item

Title

Subject

Sloths

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

Image of a pet Haiit. The Haiit is an American beast that lives in trees. When caught, it sighs with sadness. The Americans who keep Haiit never saw it eat, so it believed it subsisted on air. This is most likely an early description of a three toed sloth.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1074. 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.1074

Spatial Coverage

South America

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 16 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'une beste monstrueuse, laquelle ne vit que de vent, dite Haiit,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3140.