Three ermines in different rugs. Numbered at the top right: 30. Beneath the drawing an engraved print of a mongoose (Mangouste). Part of the first album with drawings of quadrupeds. First of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by emperor Rudolf II. With notes in Dutch, Latin and French, Ermine (Mustela erminea) 1 2 Mustella harmellina. 3 Mustella harmellina. / 1 2. ermine. 3. roselet, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, print maker: anonymous, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, print maker: France, (

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