'Figure du Pirassoipi, espece de Licorne d'Italie' Size:L: 75 x 60cm sits on the chest of

sits on the chest of a woman representing London

Plate 13 from The eruption of Krakatoa

surmounted by a view of the Admiralty on Whitehall

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'Figure du Pirassoipi, espece de Licorne d'Italie' Size:L: 75 x 60cm sits on the chest ofFigure of a Pirassoipi, the twin horned unicorn, shown within a landscape in which the mythological beast is being hunted and skinned. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 27. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of