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Titlepage

Titlepage
 (1654)
for Zootomia, or A Moral Anatomy of the Living by the Dead by Richard Whitlock, published in London, 1654

Medium
etching
Measurements
13.5 × 8.0 cm (image) 13.6 × 8.2 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark) (26.1 × 22.6 cm) (backing sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 1329 ii/ii; Pennington 489 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) (in cartouche) u.c.: ZOOTOMIA, / or / A Morall Anatomy of the / Living by the Dead, / in / Obſeruations Eſsayes, &c:.
printed in ink (in image) (in scrolls) l.c.: Vana / Vexa tio / Stercus / Seneca / Plutarch
printed in ink (in image) (in scroll) l.l.-l.r.: Quam Mundi Illecebris Vacuum : quam Triste Cadaver : / Cuius tres Ventres, Stercus, Vexatio, Vana.
Accession Number
1278.1366-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display