Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.03938
Title
- Cavia or Guinea pig [genus of little South-American rodents in the family Caviidae]
Creator
Christoffel Jegher (woodcutter (printmaker))
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta, 1635, p. 160 (Expressiorem hanc effigiem Cuniculi Indici accepi ab Excell[entissi]mo Principe Schilliacho Prorege Mexici)