The historie of foure-footed beastes. : Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in theircreation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day / By Edward Topsell.
A woodcut of a four-legged beast covered in overlapping scale-like shapes, with a curled serpentine tail, a shaggy maned head lowered to the ground, and short tufts of grass below. The black-and-white line work is hatched for shading, with the title The Gorgon inscribed above.
- Artist
- Edward Topsell
- Date
- 1607
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 2579 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: El Gorgón, animal escamoso de la Historia de los cuadrúpedos de Topsell
Un grabado en madera de un animal de cuatro patas cubierto de formas superpuestas parecidas a escamas, con una cola enroscada como de serpiente y una cabeza peluda inclinada hacia el suelo. Hay pequeños penachos de hierba abajo y el título The Gorgon aparece arriba.
Português: O Gorgon, animal escamoso da História dos quadrúpedes de Topsell
Uma xilogravura de um animal de quatro patas coberto de formas sobrepostas semelhantes a escamas, com cauda enrolada como de serpente e cabeça peluda abaixada em direção ao chão. Há pequenos tufos de grama embaixo e o título The Gorgon aparece acima.
