The historie of foure-footed beastes. : Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in theircreation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day / By Edward Topsell.
A woodcut illustration of a small, long-tailed monkey shown in profile, its body covered in fine hatched lines and its tail curling downward at the left. Above the animal, the caption reads "of the SAGOIN, called Galeopithecus," set against faint printed text of a book page.
- Artist
- Edward Topsell
- Date
- 1607
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 2488 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: Sagüín, llamado Galeopithecus, grabado en madera de Topsell
Una ilustración en xilografía de un pequeño mono de cola larga, mostrado de perfil, con el cuerpo cubierto de finas líneas sombreadas y la cola curvada hacia abajo a la izquierda. Sobre el animal aparece el título "of the SAGOIN, called Galeopithecus" sobre un fondo tenue de página impresa.
Português: Sagoin, chamado Galeopithecus, xilogravura de Topsell
Uma xilogravura de um pequeno macaco de cauda longa, mostrado de perfil, com o corpo coberto de linhas finas hachuradas e a cauda curvada para baixo à esquerda. Acima do animal, a legenda lê "of the SAGOIN, called Galeopithecus", sobre um fundo tênue de página impressa.
