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Andreini 1617 L’Adamo

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Rhinoceros among other animals with Adam, illustrating a comdy by Giovanni Battista Andreini (1578-1652) published in 1617.
L’Adamo is a play first published in 1613. This edition of 1617 has engravings executed by Carlo Antonio Procaccini (1571-1630). The plate on p. 36 shows Eve among animals, including on his left a rhinoceros with one horn and a rather strange protuberance on the shoulders.

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