Snails; Snails. / Cochleae terrestres. / Luna鏾ns de terre. Escargot. (title on object); Leaf with different snails; numbered 1-16. Numbered top right: 18. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish; shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With an explanation in Dutch; Latin and French; molluscs: snail; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; Praag; 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; pen; h 265 mm x w 181 mm