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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
01897
Record number:
01897-4
JCB call number:
E667 D975h (copy 1)
Image title:
[Des animavx de l'air. Chapitre I. Des Oyseaux]
Creator 1:
le Clerc
Creator 1 role:
F[ecit]
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Thomas Iolly]
Image date:
[1667]
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 2, following p. 246
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
20.1 cm.
Image dimension width:
34.5 cm.
Page dimension height:
23.6 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.6 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Men hunt for turtles. Botanical details include turtle laying eggs, European man overturning a turtle, men hunting turtles with spear from boat, and illustrations of a variety of birds-- flamingos, frigate birds, herons, pelicans, parakeets, crow, etc. Also includes a crab, flying fish, and shells. Items in the image are lettered for identification in a key below.
Source creator:
Du Tertre, Jean Baptiste, 1610-1687
Source Title:
Histoire generale des Antilles habitées par les François ... Tome II
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Chez Thomas Iolly, au palais, en la Salle des Merciers, à la Palme, & aux Armes d'Hollande
Source date:
M. DC. LXVII. [1667]
notes:
Engraver is perhaps Sebastien Le Clerc (1637-1714), engraver and professor of geometry and perspective at the French Royal Academy. Image title taken from chapter title.
Time Period:
1651-1700
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1854.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Natural history--West Indies
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