Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.03931
Title
- Manatee [genus Trichechus in the family Trichechidae]
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
- Carolus Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem: item Petri Bellonii observationes, 1605, p. 133 (Manati Phocaegenus)
- Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. distincta, 1635, p. 247 (Manati Phocae Genus)