Figure d'un animal fort monstrueux naissant en Afrique

About This Item

Title

Subject

Book Illustrations

Description

Title taken from caption of woodcut.

An African monster, round like a tortoise, but with many legs, eyes and ears. Its blood is supposed to be able to heal wounds.

Creator

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590

Source

Original image in: Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590. Les oeuvres d’Ambroise Paré., page 1075. 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.1075

Original Format

1 print : woodcut

Physical Dimensions

14 x 11 cm

Citation

Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590, “Figure d'un animal fort monstrueux naissant en Afrique,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3141.