Title: De aquatilibus, illustrations of humans and whales from Gessner's Historiae animalium liber IIII
Creator: Finnin, Denis
Subject: Rare books, Ocean life, Mammals, Boats and boating, Cultural anthropology
Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
Rights: Information on rights available at the repository.
Repository: American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
Original Caption: De Aquatilibus
Note: Top image depicts a whale submerging a large ship.
Middle image depicts a whale from the island of Fara.
Bottom image depicts sailors with an anchor on the back of a whale., Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
Description of Publication: [40], 1297, [3] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Department / Discipline: Anthropology
Date of Publication: M.D.LVIII. [1558]
Date: 2011
Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
Call Number: RF-29-F
Book Title: Conradi Gesneri ... Historiae animalium liber IIII :qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura : cvm iconibvs singvlorvm ad vivvm expressis fere omnib. DCCVI. : continentur in hoc volumine Gvlielmi Rondeletii quoq[ue] medicinae professoris regij in Schola Monspeliensi et Petri Bellonij Cenomanti, medici hoc tempore Lutetiae eximij, de aquatilium singulis scripta ...