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Parsons 1747 German Tab. I

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Plate 1 from the German translation (issued separately) dated 1747 of the paper by James Parsons, which first appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in London.
This version of the booklet (in Zurich) has the inscription “tab.I” on top right, no further indication of the artists involved. Note that the Heidelberg copy elsewhere reproduced has a different inscription.
It shows two views of the male rhinoceros seen in London in 1739

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