'Figure du Poisson ayant la teste d'un Porc sanglier' royal Cockpit a horse and a coach

a horse and a coach in the street outside

In the foreground are a group of people

11th November 1974

Botanical studies of the upper part of a stalk of Indian hemp

'Figure du Poisson ayant la teste d'un Porc sanglier' royal Cockpit a horse and a coachFigure of a fish resembling a boar, side view. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 31. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582