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細節
Descripción del elefante, de su alimento, costumbres, enemigos e instinto y explicación del uso que se hace de los elefantes, modo de cazarlos, y utilidades de sus colmillos en la medicina. Madrid: Andrés Ramirez, 1773. 4° (189 x 130mm). Large folding engraved plate by J.F. Palomino. (Small tear with tiny loss to plate.) 20th-century cloth backed in red morocco, gilt spine.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK ON ELEPHANTS discussing their morphology, behaviour and alimentation. It includes the exotic account of the Asian elephant given as a present by the governor of the Philippines to Charles III; the elephant travelled to Spain by frigate and is still kept stuffed in the Natural History Museum of Madrid. No copies are recorded selling at auction in ABPC/AE online.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK ON ELEPHANTS discussing their morphology, behaviour and alimentation. It includes the exotic account of the Asian elephant given as a present by the governor of the Philippines to Charles III; the elephant travelled to Spain by frigate and is still kept stuffed in the Natural History Museum of Madrid. No copies are recorded selling at auction in ABPC/AE online.
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