Cover illustration by Mœbius for his CHRONIQUES MÉTALLIQUES.
The Emperor Rudolf II commissioned a portfolio of wildlife illustrations in the late 16th Century and the derpy results suggest that the artist (Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt) had to rely on written descriptions of the exotic beasts.




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