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Drummond
Andrew
An Account of the Accidental Death of an Elephant in Dundee in the year 1706, described by an Engraver resident in that Town. Together with some Short Remarks on the Hall of Rarities, and the Life of Dr Patrick Blair, including Extracts from his remarkable Essay Osteographia Elephantina Taodunensis published by The Royal Society of London in 1710. The Whole Presented to the Public by ‘Senex’, Dundee, 1830. [Cover title:] Elephantina
Together with some Short Remarks on the Hall of Rarities, and the Life of Dr Patrick Blair, including Extracts from his remarkable Essay Osteographia Elephantina Taodunensis published by The Royal Society of London in 1710. The Whole Presented to the Public by 'Senex', Dundee, 1830. Illustrated. 206, [2] pp
8vo
[Edinburgh
Polygon
2008
First edition
Brown boards stamped in gilt. As new, with wraparaound band, Elephantina A Huge Misunderstanding
310848
$35
Hilarious and pitch perfect account of the death and dissection of an Elephant in Dundee, in the early eighteenth century
