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The historie of foure-footed beastes (p. 711)
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| Title | The historie of foure-footed beastes (p. 711) |
| Author | Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625? ; Gesner, Konrad, 1516-1565 |
| Publisher | Jaggard, William, 1569-1623
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| Publisher Location | England--London |
| Publication Date | 1607 |
| Printer | Jaggard, William, 1569-1623
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Full title: The historie of foure-footed beastes : describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction : necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets : wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day.
This illustration depicts the unicorn. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Mammals; Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works; Bestiaries |
| Category | Natural sciences
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1138 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Special Collections. 599 T629h |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [38], 757, [13] p. : illustrated ; 32 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit Checklist L.78 |
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