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| Description of the Nature of Four-Footed Beasts / JOHNSTON John, 1678 | |||||||||
A description of the nature of four-footed beasts with their figures engraven in brass:
written in Latin by Dr. John Johnston. Translated into English by J. P.
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JOHNSTON John
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BRYCE John
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« We have thought good to anticipate somthing touching FOUR-FOOTED BEASTS in general
: which I trust I shall have suffisciently performed, when I shall have praemised
to you some account of the
Name
, the
Parts
,
Place
,
Food
,
Growth
,
Generation
,
Life
,
Animal actions
,
Use and Differences
thereof.
Now under the denomination of These, are to be by us considered Those Animals which,
being of a middle nature between the airy and the waterish, are for the most part
covered with hair, somtimes with shells, and do go upon four feet. I should call them,
after the Greek idiom,
Tetrapoda
four-footed,
Tetrakola
having four members or parts,
Tetraskele
four legg’d, and
Tetrabamona
such as walk on four. In all the rest there is a manifold and incomprehensible varietie,
which, if you should well consider, would strike you with astonishment. […] » Présentation
de l’éditeur (1678)
« Les quatre premiers chapitres concernent les équidés. Le sixième est dédié à la licorne et à l’âne cornu. Les planches représentent majoritairement les équidés. » Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval