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Douglas, J., 1734. [Notes made in Leiden]. Manuscript preserved in University of Glasgow

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Location: Captive - Europe
Subject: Museums
Species: Indian Rhino


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GB 0247 Hunterian Av.1.17c
Hunterian Av.1.17c
Notes by James Douglas of a conversation with Jan Wandelaar regarding drawings of Rhinoceros and the stuffed specimen in the botanoical garden, Leiden. Dated on one side: Leyden Decr 31 [1734 or 1735]. Wandelaar draws and engraves for Albinus. Drawing of Rhinoceros with two horns engraved from drawing sent to Commelinus from Cape of Good Hope, not from Kolben's book. List 5 parts improved by Wandelaar, drawings at Hunterian Av.1.17 fols 22 and 24.
Leiden, 1734

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