Plate 19, VIII of the book, Très Admirable Bestiaire Fantastique (Very Admirable Fantastic Bestiary). Black bird at center with long beak, its body treated with a collage-like texture. With wings outstretched and its left foot raised, it looks down at a hatching egg below, from which is emerging a human thumb. Fragments of the eggshell surround the hatching egg. Landscape indicated by a curving shaded line in the background. The face and hands of a grotesque human figure peers over the horizon line at right. Composition contained within a black rectangular frame.
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