Circle of Ambroise Paré, “Crocodile”, c1575

Unidentified 16^th century printmaker from the circle of Ambroise Paré (aka Ambrosio Paræo) (1510–1590)—author and father of modern surgery

“Crocodile”, c1574/5, initially published by Gabriel Buon (fl.1558–1595) in Paris in 1575 (note that work commenced on the publication in 1574) with Royal privilege on page LXXXIII (83) in Ambroise Paré’s “Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Paré” (see https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_01709/page/n107/mode/2up). The woodcut was republished in the same publication with the following publishers: in 1614 and 1652 by Pierre Rigaud in Lyon; in 1628 by Nicolas Buon (fl.1624–1628) in Paris; in 1664 by Jean Gregoire.

Based on the letterpress text verso, this impression is from Nicolas Buon’s 1628 Paris edition; see page 18 [81]: https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_00249D/page/80/mode/2up . 

Woodcut with letterpress text (verso) on laid paper trimmed around the image and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 8 x 16 cm.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image with a small margin and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this marvellous woodcut showing a what may one of the first representations of a crocodile in a natural setting—curiously unattached to the ground or water—for AU$228 in total (currently US$157.43/EUR140.96/GBP117.68 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$228) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this early woodcut representation of a crocodile with nipple-like plated skin, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Unidentified 16th century printmaker’s woodcut, “Asian Camel”, c1575

Unidentified 16^th century woodcut illustrator for Ambroise Paré (aka Ambrosio Paræo) (1510–1590)—author and father of modern surgery

“Asian Camel” (aka “Bactrian Camel”; “Figure d’un Chameau d'Asie, ayant deux bosses sur le dos”), c1574/5, initially published in Paris in 1575 (note that work commenced on the publication in 1574) with Royal privilege by Gabriel Buon (fl.1558–1595) on page LXXVI (76) in Ambroise Paré’s “Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Paré” (see https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_01709/page/n99/mode/2up). The woodcut was republished in the same publication with the following publishers: in Lyon in 1614 and 1652 by Pierre Rigaud; in Paris in 1628 by Nicolas Buon (fl.1624–1628); in 1664 by Jean Gregoire.

Based on the letterpress text verso, this impression is from Nicolas Buon’s 1628 Paris edition; see page 64: https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_00249D/page/n111/mode/2up.  

Woodcut with letterpress text (recto and verso) on laid paper trimmed around the image and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 13.3 x 18.7 cm.

Letterpress text printed recto: (above the image) “Figure d’un Chameau d'Asie, ayant deux bosses sur le dos.” (Figure of an Asian Camel, with two humps on the back); (right) “A/ B”. 

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression but the sheet is in a restored condition with stains and a replenished loss on the right edge, trimmed around the image and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this marvellous woodcut showing a luxuriantly tufted Bactrian Camel with gorgeous toenails and a very mean disposition—at least in my reading of the camel’s expression!—for AU$228 (currently US$222.73/EUR184.02/GBP158.40 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this wonderful representation of a double-hump camel in an early woodcut, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

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Unidentified illustrator’s woodcut for Ambroise Paré’s, “Succarath”, c1575

Unidentified illustrator for Ambroise Paré (aka Ambrosio Paræo) (1510–1590)—author and father of modern surgery

“Succarath” (aka “Patagonian Ground Sloth”), c1575, published by Pierre Rigaud in the 1664 edtion of Ambroise Paré’s (1510–1590), “Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Paré.”

Initially the composition of this woodcut was published in reverse in 1558–1578 in Antwerp for Christophle Plantin’s printing of the descriptive travels to Brazil by the Franciscan monk, André Thevet (1502–1590), “Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommée Amerique”. In this publication, Thevet describes the extinct animal portrayed in the woodcut as having “lived by rivers, put its young on its back when threaten and had a terrible cry” (see https://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/JCB~1~1~6438~9870009:-Succarath-or-su-).  The recut print, in the same direction as this impression, was published later in Paris in 1575 by Gabriel Buon as an illustration to Ambroise Paré’s “Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise Paré” (see https://archive.org/details/BIUSante_01709/page/n87/mode/2up). The print was then republished for Paré’s “Les Oeuvres…” in Lyon in 1614, 1641 and 1652, by Pierre Rigaud and again in 1664 by Jean Gregoire, see the description of this print offered by the Historical Medical Society: https://www.cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/3023?advanced%255B%255D%255Belement_id%255D=49&advanced%255B%255D%255Btype%255D=is+exactly&advanced%255B%255D%255Bterms%255D=Portraits&sort_field=random&sort_dir=a.

Woodcut with letterpress text (recto and verso) on laid paper (papier mouchetè) trimmed around the image and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 10.9 x 18.7 cm.

Letterpress text printed recto: (above the image) “Pourt[r]aict du Succarath”; (right) “C/ D”.

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression but the sheet is in a poor condition with stains and restored tears, trimmed around the image and laid onto a support of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this marvellously bizarre woodcut showing the now extinct Succarath (aka Patagonian Ground Sloth) releasing a dreadful cry while shielding its babies from harm with its tail, for AU$228 (currently US$176.38/EUR148.03/GBP126.74 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries.

If you are interested in purchasing this curiously fascinating interpretation of a Patagonian Succarath, based on the description of it by a Franciscan monk (André Thevet), please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold