Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.04002
Title
- Vipera [genus in the family vipers Viperidae, in the subfamily viperines Viperinae]
Creator
Geoffroy Ballain (designer), Jean de Gourmont (woodcutter (printmaker))
Production date
1565
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
- Jacques Grévin, Deux livres des venins, 1568, p. 72 (Vipere)
- Jacques Grévin, De venenis libri duo, 1571, p. 58 (Vipera)