Inscription
upper center in gold(?) ink: Tute lepus es et pulpamentum quaeris (A hare thyself, and goest in quest of game?) [Erasmus, Adages]; lower center, in red ink: LEPVS DORMIT
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Inter aves Turdus, si quis me iudice certet, / Inter quadrupedes, gloria prima lepus.; lower center in brown ink: Lepusculus plebs invalida collocat in petra / cubile suum.pro: 28. (“The young hares are but feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks.” Proverbs 30:26) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Provenance
Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.
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- Title Page
- 1987.20.6.1
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- Plate 9: A Donkey and a Mule
- 1987.20.6.10
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- Plate 10: A Lion and a Civet Cat
- 1987.20.6.11
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- Plate 11: A Lioness with Two Lions in the Background
- 1987.20.6.12
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- Plate 12: A Cheetah(?) and a Wild Sheep
- 1987.20.6.13
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- Plate 13: A Tiger, a Lynx, and a Jaguar(?)
- 1987.20.6.14
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- Plate 14: A Civet, a Lynx, and a Hyena Eating a Dog
- 1987.20.6.15
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- Plate 15: A Bear and a Lynx(?)
- 1987.20.6.16
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- Plate 16: Wild Boar
- 1987.20.6.17
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- Plate 17: Old World Porcupine (Hystrix) and Wild Pig
- 1987.20.6.18
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- Plate 18: A Pig with Acorns
- 1987.20.6.19
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- Plate 1: Elephant with Insects
- 1987.20.6.2
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- Plate 19: Four Types of Stags
- 1987.20.6.20
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- Plate 20: Three Types of Stags with a Dormouse(?)
- 1987.20.6.21
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- Plate 21: Reindeer with Melons
- 1987.20.6.22
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- Plate 24: A Wild Goat and a Barbary Sheep(?)
- 1987.20.6.25
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- Plate 25: Two Wild Goats
- 1987.20.6.26
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- Plate 26: A Red Fox and a Wolf
- 1987.20.6.27
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- Plate 2: Two Giraffes with an Attendant
- 1987.20.6.3
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- Plate 30: Two Monkeys
- 1987.20.6.31
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- Plate 32: Two Monkeys on a Table
- 1987.20.6.33
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- Plate 33: A "Simivulpa" (Opossum?) and an Ibex
- 1987.20.6.34
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- Plate 34: Three Dogs, Including a "Mimick"
- 1987.20.6.35
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- Plate 35: A Hound and a Water Spaniel
- 1987.20.6.36
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- Plate 36: Two Spotted Hounds
- 1987.20.6.37
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- Plate 37: Two Spaniels with a Gourd
- 1987.20.6.38
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- Plate 38: Two Small Dogs with a Crown Imperial
- 1987.20.6.39
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- Plate 3: Camel, Ibex, and Goat
- 1987.20.6.4
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- Plate 40: Two Otters and a Beaver
- 1987.20.6.41
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- Plate 42: Two Genets or Civet Cats with Tulips
- 1987.20.6.43
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- Plate 43: Mongoose and Badger with Fruit Trees
- 1987.20.6.44
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- Plate 44: Polecat, Mink, and Ermine
- 1987.20.6.45
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- Plate 45: Weasels, a Ferret, and a "Nut Mouse"
- 1987.20.6.46
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- Plate 4: Llama and Moose
- 1987.20.6.5
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- Plate 52: Two Sand Lizards
- 1987.20.6.53
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- Plate 56: Two Heads of Cabbage
- 1987.20.6.57
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- Plate 58: Asps and Vipers
- 1987.20.6.59
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- Plate 5: An Ox and a Camel
- 1987.20.6.6
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- Plate 59: Snakes and a Lizard
- 1987.20.6.60
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- Plate 60: Four Small Snakes
- 1987.20.6.61
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- Plate 61: Four Snails
- 1987.20.6.62
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- Plate 62: A Slug with Snails
- 1987.20.6.63
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- Plate 63: Seven Snails
- 1987.20.6.64
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- Plate 71: Empty Oval
- 1987.20.6.72
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- Plate 7: A Bull and a Horned Animal
- 1987.20.6.8
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- Plate 8: A Cow
- 1987.20.6.9