Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.03968
Title
- Unicorn leatherjacket, in the family of filefishes [Aluteros monoceros in the family Monacanthidae]
Description
Variant image of the same fish is cut on the back of the block
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. 143 (Ϻονόκερως pisculus)