R1,500 - R2,500
Emmanuel Bowen - BEASTS OF AFRICA
London: T Woodward & A Ward, c1774
Copperplate engraving, small chips and short tears in outer margin, one outer corner absent, light foxing mostly in margin, two flattened folds across bottom margin, verso blank
1. The CAMEL call'd by the Arabians HEGEN used for carrying great Burthens through the Desarts. 2. The DROMEDARY which the Arabs call BOCHETI used for sending Expresses because of its swift pace. 1. The WILD ASS or as some Writers call this Creature the Zebra. 2. The GIRAFFE or CAMELOPARDUS of ye Ancients. 3. The MANTICORA of CTESIAS.
from Harris' "Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca"
leaf: 39,5 by 24,5cm
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