Rhinocerom. Illustration in a very rare booklet published in Portugal by the printer Germao Galharde. From: Galharde, Germão 1544. Incipit officium angeli custodis, regni civitatis vel, loci secundum usum, cisterciensis ordinis. Lisboa, Germão Galharde. pp. 1-16 – 8vo. Unique copy in Biblioteca Gera de Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (BGUC): R-4-5 (second part of the volume).
The animal shown is possibly the First Lisbon Rhinoceros of 1515, which is found on the famous woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.
Refer:
Rookmaaker, L.C.; Monson, J.; Billia, E.M.E. 2024. Early depictions of the first Lisbon rhinoceros in the 16th century. Pachyderm 65: 168-179 – doi.org/. doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v65i.1312
