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Subjects include the llama, antelope, tapir and hyena alongside two further quadrupeds, offering a sweep across South American, African and tropical New World mammals as understood by early 19th-century German natural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohann Wolf (1765-1824) was a Nuremberg schoolteacher who became one of Germany's pioneering ornithologists. His scholarly works on birds remain cited in the field today, and this lesser-known publication on remarkable natural objects is significantly scarcer than the better-known German natural histories of Bertuch or Brodtmann.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plates are presented as a coherent set with consistent paper, hand colouring and condition. Sold as a unit of six. Suitable for a curated wall grouping or a study\/library installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original hand-coloured engravings, ~7.5 by 9.25 inches each\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1818-1822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace of Publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nuremberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good to excellent throughout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lumenrare Antique Prints \u0026 Maps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57414078988671,"sku":"WB-QUAD-1818-SET6","price":445.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/8356\/9279\/files\/wolf-bock-six-quadruped-engravings-llama-antelope-tapir-hyena-and-others-nuremberg-1818-1822-6399190.jpg?v=1777793544"},{"product_id":"aldrovandi-monstrous-fowl-ornithology-1640","title":"Aldrovandi — Monstrous Fowl Engraving from the Ornithologiae, Bologna 1640","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA remarkable teratological woodcut from Ulisse Aldrovandi's \u003cem\u003eSerpentum, et Draconum Historiae Libri Duo\u003c\/em\u003e (History of Serpents and Dragons), published posthumously in Bologna in 1640. The principal image — \u003cem\u003eGallus monstruosus cauda anguina\u003c\/em\u003e, the \"monstrous cock with a serpent's tail\" — depicts a horned, bearded rooster suspended by its feet from a perch, its long scaled tail coiling away and terminating in a small tubercle. Aldrovandi presents the creature in his accompanying text as a reported monstrous birth \"observed near a tropic,\" not as a mythological beast — though the figure sits unmistakably in the visual lineage that produced the basilisk and the cockatrice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe leaf is printed on both sides. The verso carries a second striking woodcut, \u003cem\u003eBufo monstrificus cauda anguina\u003c\/em\u003e — the \"monstrous toad with a serpent's tail\" — together with two smaller subsidiary figures: a caterpillar with a serpentine tail, gifted to Aldrovandi by the Bolognese naturalist Ovidio Montalbano, and a broad-bodied serpent with a compressed tail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA note on display:\u003c\/strong\u003e as the leaf is printed on both sides, only one face can be framed at a time. Buyers framing the cock as the principal display will be supplied free of charge with a high-resolution archival print of the toad verso, allowing both subjects to be enjoyed together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation of plate text:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGallus monstruosus cauda anguina\u003c\/em\u003e — \"Monstrous cock with a serpent's tail.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBufo monstrificus cauda anguina\u003c\/em\u003e — \"Monstrous toad with a serpent's tail.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eEruca cauda anguina, prona \u0026amp; supinè picta, ab Excellentiss. 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