Serpent in a tree

Item Information

Title:
Serpent in a tree
Description:
Illustration from Hortus sanitatis (Mainz, 1491) showing a serpent in an apple tree
Date:
June 23, 1491
Location:
Center for the History of Medicine (Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine)
Collection (local):
Boston Medical Library
Boston Medical Library Rare Books Collection (Ballard 379)
Series:
Boston Medical Library
Subjects:
Incunabula
Hand coloring
Woodcuts (prints)
Extent:
1 hand colored woodcut print
Link to Item:
http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12569
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Publisher:
Jacob Meydenbach
Notes:
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library, 1934
Identifier:
DigID0002503