Dromedary
Date
1688
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
After
the elder Le Clerc (1637 - 1714, French) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
57977
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 300mm
width (page): 200mm
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (page): 200mm
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological and anatomical study of a dromedary, Camelus dromedarius, shown in left profile, in motion with two hooves lifted [below] and dissected, with its oesophagus, four ventricles, tongue, hooves and penis depicted.
Inscribed above: ‘pag. 36’
Written in the associated explanation: ‘It is represented in the lower Figure, so that there may be seen the highth of the Bunch which it has upon the Back, and which is for the most part composed of long Hair, which stands upright.’
Unnumbered plate from a translated edition of Charles Perrault’s Memoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux: Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, Englished by A.P. (London, 1688). A work of comparative anatomy featuring specimens from the Royal menageries at Vincennes and Versailles.
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author, naturalist and member of the Académie Française. The translator (‘A. P’), Alexander Pitfeild (c.1658-1728), was a merchant and Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1684, Council Member throughout the late 17th century and Treasurer between 1700-1728.
Inscribed above: ‘pag. 36’
Written in the associated explanation: ‘It is represented in the lower Figure, so that there may be seen the highth of the Bunch which it has upon the Back, and which is for the most part composed of long Hair, which stands upright.’
Unnumbered plate from a translated edition of Charles Perrault’s Memoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des animaux: Memoir's for a natural history of animals containing the anatomical descriptions of several creatures dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, Englished by A.P. (London, 1688). A work of comparative anatomy featuring specimens from the Royal menageries at Vincennes and Versailles.
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author, naturalist and member of the Académie Française. The translator (‘A. P’), Alexander Pitfeild (c.1658-1728), was a merchant and Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1684, Council Member throughout the late 17th century and Treasurer between 1700-1728.
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