Osteographia elephantina or, a full and exact description of all the bones of an elephant, which died near Dundee, April the 27th. 1706. with their several dimensions. To which are premis'd, 1. An Historical Account of the Natural Endowments, and several wonderful Performances of Elephants; with the manner of Taking and Taming them. 2. A short Anatomical Account of their Parts. And added, 1. An exact Account of the Weight of all the Bones of this Elephant. 2. The Method us'd in preparing and Mounting the Skeleton. 3. Four large Copper Plates, wherein are represented the Figures of the Stuff'd Skin, and prepared Skeleton, as they now stand in the Publick Hall of Rarities at Dundee; with the separated Bones in several Views and other Parts of this Elephant. In a Letter to Dr. Hans Sloane, Fellow of the College of Physitians, and Secr. R. S. By Patrick Blair, M. D. F. R. S

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Blair, Patrick
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed and sold by G. Strahan at the Golden-Ball over against the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, and W. Innys at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church Yard 1713, 1713
Subjects:	Elephants / Early Works To 1800 Elephants / Collection And Preservation / Early Works To 1800 Taxidermy / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0006601500?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa