Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Ai sive Ignavus]
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Accession number:
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01871
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Record number:
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01871-15
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JCB call number:
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F648 P678h / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Ai sive Ignavus]
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Place image published:
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[Leiden & Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[François Haack & Louis Elsevier]
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Image date:
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[1648]
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Image function:
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illustration; p. 221
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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7.2 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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11 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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40.7 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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25.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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Three-toed sloth.
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Source creator:
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Piso, Willem, 1611-1678
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Source Title:
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Historia naturalis Brasiliae
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Source place of publication:
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Lugdun. Batavorum & Amstelodami [Leiden & Amsterdam]
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Source publisher:
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Franciscum Hackium & Lud. Elzevirium
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Source date:
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1648
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notes:
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Scientific name: Bradypus torquatus. Image title taken from chapter heading.
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Time Period:
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1601-1650
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1854.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--Brazil
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