Illustration of a dragon in Athanasius Kircher’s amazing Mundus subterraneus (Amsterdam, 1665)
Illustration of a dragon in Athanasius Kircher’s amazing Mundus subterraneus (Amsterdam, 1665). Judging by the body-to-wing ratio, this beast rarely got off the ground, but it does have lovely, long eyelashes!–Athanasius Kircher, Mundus subterraneus in XII libros … Amstelodami: Apud Joannem Janssonium & Elizeum Weyerstraten, anno 1665, Alexander Turnbull Library, fRDut KIRC Mund 1665. -- source link
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