ARIOSTO: ORLANDO FURIOSO.
Woodcut depicting a scene from the poem of 'Orlando Furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto
SKELTON: PHILLIP SPARROW.
MONSTER, 16th CENTURY.
PARLIAMENT OF BEES.
A Horse Trader.
INITIAL 'M', c1889.
OUROBOROS, 16th CENTURY.
TOUCAN, 16th CENTURY.
BIRD, 16th CENTURY.
OSTRICH, 16th CENTURY.
JOHANN TETZEL (c1465-1519).
SAMSON & THE LION.
Higurashi; Spider
from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)
(Hasami-mushi)
imomushi
(batta); Praying Mantis (Toro or Kamakiri)
(Mukade)
BRANT: SHIP OF FOOLS.
Watercolour of a young hare by Albrecht Durer
THE SQUIRE.
JOHN HEYWOOD (1497-1580).
ZODIAC: SCORPIO, 1482.
CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.
BOAR HUNTING, 1486.
SAINT GEORGE & THE DRAGON.
South American tree, 16th century
MERMAID, 1542.
HUSPALIN, 16th CENTURY.
The Lion of St Mark
LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS.
BEEHIVE.
INSECTS: BEE & EARWIG.
Page from the "Arcadia" by Jacopo Sannazaro
GRIMM: THE QUEEN BEE.
POE: HOUSE OF USHER.
16th Century German woodcut print
PIERRE de RONSARD
Ariosto.
LUDOVICO ARIOSTO
LUDOVICO ARIOSTO.
TITIAN: SAINT JEROME.
Codex on the Flight of Birds
Horse and Horseman
Study of a Horse and Two Figures
16th Century woodcut print
RAPHAEL: JACOB AND RACHEL.
GRIFFIN.
MOSES & BURNING BUSH.
ZODIAC: LEO, 1482.
ZODIAC: TAURUS, 1482.
HUNTERS FEEDING DOGS, 1582.
BEAR HUNTING, 1582.
BULL HUNTING, 1582.
DECORATIVE INITIAL: G.
ALPHABET, 16th CENTURY.
DANTE: INFERNO.
ST. JEROME IN HIS STUDY.
ANDERSEN: THUMBELINA.
LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635).
Durer's, St Jerome in his study.
RABELAIS: SHEEP.
GRIFFIN, 1533.
CARROLL: LOOKING GLASS.
Insects and drinks, 15th century
FRANCOIS VILLON (1431-1463).
REYNARD THE FOX, 1846.
TAROT CARD: THE MOON.
PROLOGUE: THE KNIGHT.
CHAUCER: THE PRIORESS.
Painting titled 'Happy Union' by Paolo Veronese
ANDERSEN: THE SNOW QUEEN.
CESAR NOSTRADAMUS
HANS SACHS (1494-1576).
ITALIAN ANATOMICAL HORSE.
GOETHE: WERTHER.
Kaki ni Kirigirsu.
Studies of the muscles of the horse forelimbs
Studies of Proportions and for the Battle of Anghiari
ST. AUGUSTINE (354-430).
Allegory of the Scuola della Misericordia
Allegory of the Scuola di San Marco
Medusa
STAG HUNTING, 1582.
SUN GOD HELIOS, OR SOL.
15th Century German woodcut print
1627 A Beast Called Su.
1551 Gesner armoured rhino after Durer
1560 Gesner European Wolf Canis lupus
1627 A Beast Called Su, colour.
LUIZ VAZ de CAMOES
CARTOUCHES, c1530.
RABELAIS: GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL. Illustration of 'The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel' by Franτois Rabelais. Wood engraving, 1873, after Gustave DorΘ.
CESARE BORGIA
UNICORN.
UNICORN, 16th CENTURY.
ULRICH von HUTTEN (1488-1523).
A Badius hand operated screw press in action.
GILBERT: DE MAGNETE, 1600.
Edo period (1615 1868)
FIG (FICUS CARICA).
SPENSER: RED CROSS KNIGHT.
CRANACH: BORDER, 1527.
MILTON: PARADISE LOST.
The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist, Saint Victor, Saint Bernard and Saint Zenobius (Panel in Palazzo Vecchio)
JOHANN TETZEL (1465-1519).
ANNUNCIATION.
ANNUNCIATION TO SHEPHERDS.
DRAGON, 1608.
SU MONSTER (OPOSSUM), 1558.
BASILISK.
CANIS MAJOR, 1482.
DRACO, 1482.
CONSTELLATIONS, 1482.
BOOK OF NONSENSE, 1846.
TORQUATO TASSO (1544-1595).
MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563-1631).
Painting titled 'Venus and Adonis' by Titian
GRASSHOPPER.
VITA DI SANCTI PADRI, c1500.
A sledge being pulled by reindeer in Northern Siberia.
A small cannon mounted on a horse-drawn sledge.
The flensing of a whale.
RABELAIS: PANTAGRUEL.
COLERIDGE: ANCIENT MARINER.
HOMER: THE ILIAD.
DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO.
1843 Oken beetle plate illustration
David Copperfield, 'I Saw, To My Amazement, Peggotty Burst From
Pickwick Papers, 'sam Looked At The Fat Boy With Great Astonishm
Little Dorrit, Instinct Stronger Than Training
MICHEL EYQUEM DE MONTAIGNE
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.
The Vision of St Augustine
BEEHIVE, 1658.
INSECTS: BEES.
RABELAIS: GARGANTUA.
SHIP OF FOOLS, 1570.
Moses Draws Water from a Rock
PERRAULT: SLEEPING BEAUTY.
BARNACLE GEESE MYTH.
DANTE: DIVINE COMEDY.
GRANDVILLE: BOOKWORM.
St Sebastian
Crucifixion
The wagon of hay (hay Triptych)