Rabbit Hunt [above left]; King of England Hunting for Rabbits [below left]; Fishing by Night [above right]; Catching Nightowls [below right]

It takes a village to raise an object. Here are the people who've been involved with this one:

• Subject: Pietro de' Crescenzi
• Subject: Conrad Gessner
• Engraved by Theodor Galle
• Engraved by Hans Collaert II
• Published by Philips Galle
• Collaborator: Luigi Alamanni
• Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
• Previously owned by Giovanni Piancastelli