Siryl
A woodcut from 1604 of a creature seen off la Côte d’Azur in 1562.  First published in the supplement to the fourth book of Historiae Animalium by the Swiss naturalist Konrad von Geßner under the Latinized moniker “Conrad Gesner.”  The artist is unknown. I just bought Curious Woodcuts of Fanciful and Real Beasts (Dover Publications, 1971).  I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this.

A woodcut from 1604 of a creature seen off la Côte d’Azur in 1562.  First published in the supplement to the fourth book of Historiae Animalium by the Swiss naturalist Konrad von Geßner under the Latinized moniker “Conrad Gesner.”  The artist is unknown.

I just bought Curious Woodcuts of Fanciful and Real Beasts (Dover Publications, 1971).  I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this.

Posted 11 months ago
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