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In the Garden of Eden, while the serpent curls around the tree of knowledge, Eve is about to taste the apple. Coloured etching, 17--.

God, as a triangle representing the Trinity, pours light upon the Garden of Eden. Engraving.

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

Schadelskeleton mit einem Narvalhn Horn from De unicornu

Saint Justina, with a unicorn and a man praying to her. Etching by W. Unger after Moretto of Brescia.

A virgin and a unicorn; representing chastity. Oil painting.

God creates man and woman. Line engraving by E. Charpy after J. Sadeler.

A unicorn. Woodcut after C. Gessner.

Kopfeines Nashorn vogels (skeleton) from De unicornu...

Unicorn.

Noah and his companions follow the animals into the Ark. Etching.

Unicorn : myth and reality / Rüdiger Robert Beer ; translated by Charles M. Stern.

Temperance receives a bit in order to control a camel; below, she restrains a unicorn. Engraving by G. Audran, 1675, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

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Kopfeines Nashorn vogels (skeleton) from De unicornu...

Unicorn.

Noah and his companions follow the animals into the Ark. Etching.

Unicorn : myth and reality / Rüdiger Robert Beer ; translated by Charles M. Stern.

Temperance receives a bit in order to control a camel; below, she restrains a unicorn. Engraving by G. Audran, 1675, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.