Identificationtitle(s):. Title page for: w. Van haarst, considerations of the animal kingdom, [1828]. Object type: print title page object number: rp-p-ob-59. 526. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, center verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a cave containing a lion and a bear offers a view of a watering hole with an elephant, a camel, an antelope and a wading bird. Above it the title and author of the book, below it the imprint. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dirk sluyter (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: haatje pieters oosterhuis (mentioned on object). Publisher: johannes proost (publisher) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: amsterdam, after a drawing by: amsterdam, publisher: leeuwarden. Date: 1828. Physical characteristics: etching with brush in green, yellow, brown and red. Material: paper technique: etching / brush. Dimensions: top: h 191 mm (plate edge visible at the bottom), plate edge: w 128 mmexplanationtitle page for: willem van haarst. Reflections on the animal kingdom, for young people, to ennoble the mind and heart. Leuuwarden: johannes proost, [1828]. Topic: what: beasts of prey, predatory animals: lionbeasts of prey, predatory animals: beartrunked animals: elephanthoofed animals: camelhoofed animals: antelopeshore-birds and wading-birds. Acquisition: unknown. Date: 1828.
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