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Crocodile species, possibly the mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of Iran to India. Fanciful image of a chimera. De Crocodilo Terrestri, Aegyptico vel Arabico. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessners Historiae Animalium, De Quadrupedibus Oviparis, (Natural history of animals: oviparous quadrupeds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1586.

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Crocodile species, possibly the mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris, of Iran to India. Fanciful image of a chimera. De Crocodilo Terrestri, Aegyptico vel Arabico. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Lucas Schan and Conrad Gessner from Conrad Gessners Historiae Animalium, De Quadrupedibus Oviparis, (Natural history of animals: oviparous quadrupeds), Frankfurt, Wechel for Cambier, 1586.

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51.4 x 38.0 cm | 20.3 x 14.9 in (300 dpi)

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16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • AEGYPTICO VEL ARABICO • AMPHIBIA • ANT. OR.: IRAN • ATELIER • CAMBIER • CHIMERA • CONRAD GESNER • CONRAD GESSNER • CROCODILE • CROCODYLUS PALUSTRIS • DE AVIUM NATURA • DE CROCODILO TERRESTRI • DE QUADRUPEDIBUS OVIPARIS • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FICTION • FRANKFURT • GERMAN • GERMANS • HERPETOLOGY • HISTORIAE ANIMALIUM • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INDIA • IRAN • LATIN • LUCAS SCHAN • LUKAS SCHAN • MONSTER • MUGGER CROCODILE • NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS • NATURAL HISTORY • NATURAL SCIENCES • NATURE STUDY • OFFICE • OVIPAROUS QUADRUPEDS • PERIOD: RENAISSANCE • PRINT • PUPIL • PUPILS • RENAISSANCE • REPTIL • REPTILE • REPTILES • RESEARCH • SPECIES • STUDENT • STUDIO • STUDY • STUDYING • WECHEL • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODBLOCK • WOODCUT • XYLOGRAPH • XYLOGRAPHY • ZOOLOGY