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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).

Incipit officium angeli custodis, regni civitatis vel, loci secundum usum, cisterciensis ordinis

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Location Captive Subject Captive before 1800 Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

This booklet was issued without information like date, publisher, but is similar to booklets produced by Galharde. The Rhinocerom was possibly an illustration of the First Lisbon Rhinoceros of 1515, also seen in the 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

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