File AvailableAnonymous 1739 [Arrival of rhinoceros in London]. Europische mercurius : berichtende de gesteltenissen der zaken van staat en oorloch, in alle heerschappyen en landschappen van Europa 50 (2): 81
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File AvailableParsons, J.; Douglas, J. 1739 Minutes of the meeting of the Royal Society of London of 24 June 1739, with exhibition of rhinoceros. Minute Book of Royal Society: pp. 1-3
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File AvailableAnonymous 1739 Exhibition of rhinoceros in London. Newspaper clippings in John Johnston Collection (Animals on show 2)
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File AvailableChardin, J. 1720 Travels in Persia. London, Author
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File AvailableCoryat, T. 1707 Tweede reys van kapiteyn Walter Peyton, na Oost-Indien, met het schip de Expeditie, uytgerust van de Engelse Oost-Indise Maatschappy, neffens de Draak, de Leeuw en de Peper-com, in het jaar 1615. Als mede de reys van Thomas Coryat, na Asmere, zijnde de hof-stad van den Grooten Mogol, van Jerusalem, na derwaards door hem met een caravaan ondernoomen, in het jaar 1615. Briefs-wijse opgesteld, en aan sijnen vriend Mr. L. Whitaker gesonden. In: De wijd-beroemde voyagien na Oost- en West-Indien, mitsgaders andere gedeeltens des werelds, gedaan door de Engelsen. Leyden: van der Aa, vol. 2
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File AvailableGemelli Careri, G.F. 1701 Viaggi per Europa, divisati in varie lettere familiari, scritte al Sig. Consigl. Amato Daneo. Napoli, Giuseppe Roselli
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p. 381 mention a rhinoceros in London, in his letter dated London 30 May 1686
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File AvailablePrintz, W.C. 1691 Musicus Curiosus, oder Battalus, der vorwitzige Musicant, in einer sehr lustigen, anmuthigen, unertichteten, und mit schonen Moralien durchspickten Geschichte vorgestellet von Mimnermo, des Battali guten Freunde. Freyburg [Dresden], Johann Christoph Miethen, pp. 1-333
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Story of a young man who heard that some Dutchmen were showing a Rhinocerot in an Inn called "Guldene Lowe". Many people heard the rumour and were waiting for the animal to come, until the owner confessed that it was all an April-Fool's joke.
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File AvailableLondon Gazette 1685 Advertisement. London Gazette 22 January 1684 (=new system 1685): 4
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File AvailableAnonymous 1685 The art of preaching, written by a French author; made English by J.B., esquire. London, pp. 1-87
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File AvailableHappel, E.W. 1685 Groeste Denkwurdigkeiten der Welt Oder so genannte Relationes Curiosae, part 2: Worinnen dargestellet, außgeführet und erklahret werden Die Denckwurdigste Seltzamkeiten, So da in Historien, natorlichen Wundern, am Himmel, auff und in der Erden, wie auch in und unter dem Meer zu finden seyn. Hamburg, Wiering
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File AvailableAnonymous 1684 A description of the rhinoceros, lately brought from the East Indies, and sold the 25th of this instant August, to Mr. L for 2320. London, S.Libourn, pp. 1-2
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[1]
The Rhinoceros is accounted the second wonder in Nature; being a Beast every way admirable for its outward shape and greatness, as also for its inward courage, dispoftion, and mildness. For as the Elephant is the first wonder, so is this Beast next to the Elephant, being every way as much ...
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File AvailableLondon Gazette 1684 Advertisement. London Gazette 27 October 1684: 2
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File AvailableLondon Gazette 1684 Advertisement of exhibition of a rhinoceros. London Gazette no. 1973, 1684 October 10
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File AvailableLondon Gazette 1684 Advertisement. London Gazette 1684 October 10
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A very strange beast called a Rhynoceros, lately brought from the East Indies, being the first that ever was in England, is daily to be seen at the Bell Savage Inn on Ludgate-Hill, from Nine a Clock in the Morning till Eight at Night.
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File AvailableCamerarius, J. 1668 Symbolorum & emblematum centuriae quatuor. Moguntiae, Ludovici Borgeat
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File AvailableAesop; Fresne, Raphael Trichet de; Sadeler, A. (illustrator) 1659 Figures diverses tirées des fables d'Esope et d'autres et expliquées. Paris, Claude Cramoisy, pp. i-viii, 1-279
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File AvailableSanderus, J. 1659 Toonneel der wereltscher zaaken: behelsende verscheiden vremdigheden der nature, zoo in menschen als in beesten en andere dingen, bevestigt met ongemeene voorbeelden en geschiedenissen. Uit verscheiden Grieksche, Latijnsche en Fransche histori-schrijvers getrokken. Dordrecht, by Abraham Andriesz, pp. i-xx, 1-477
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File AvailableVulson de la Columbiere, M. de 1655 Les portraits des hommes illustres françois qui sont peints dans la galerie du palais Cardinal de Richelieu. Paris, Edme Pepingue
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File AvailablePare, A. 1649 The workes of that famous chirurgeon Ambrose Parey, translated out of Latin, and compared with the French, by Th Johnson. London, Richard Cotes and Willi Du-gard
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File AvailableRuffi, A.de 1642 Histoire de la ville de Marseille. Marseille, Par Claude Garcin, pp. [i-xx], 1-459, [i-xvii]
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1642 – Ruffi, Histoire de la ville de Marseille

Antoine de Ruffi, 1607-1689


1642 Histoire de la ville de Marseille: contenant tout ce qui s'y est passé de plus memorable depuis sa fondation, durant le temps qu'elle a esté republique, and soubs la domination des Romai...
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File AvailableGongora y Argote, Luis de 1636 Obras, primera parte, segundo tomo. Comentadas por D. Garcia de Salzedo. Madrid, En la Imprenta Real
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File AvailableMonforte y Herrera, F. 1622 Relación de las fiestas que ha hecho el Colegio Imperial de la Compañía de Jesús de Madrid en la canonización de San Ignacio de Loyola y S. Francisco Xavier. Madrid, Luis Sánchez
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Daba fin Asia en un airoso carro, que desde un plano coronado de verjas de jaspe y oro, daba paso or cinco gradas bordadas de mil colores a un trono sobre que estaba echada un abada, animal propio de aquella tierra (Monforte y Herrera 1622, p. 43).
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File AvailableFunes y Mendoza, Diego de 1621 Historia general de aves y animales: de Aristoteles Estagerita. Valencia, Pedro Patricio Mey
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File AvailableCoryat, T. 1616 Travailler for the English Wits, and the good of his Kingdom: To all his inferiour countreymen, Greetings: Especially to the sirenicall gentlemen, that meets the first Friday of everie moneth at the Mermaids in Broadstreet From the Court of the Great M. London, [no publisher]
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(Visit of Great mogul jahangir at Ajmer) Hee keepeth abundance of wilde beasts, and that of divers sorts, as lyons, elephants, leopards, beares, antlops, unicornes; whereof two I have seene at his court, the strangest beasts of the world. They were brought hither out of the countrie of Bengala, ...
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File AvailableNunez de Velasco, F. 1614 Dialogos de contencion entre la milicia y la ciencia: en los quales se discurre sobre el valor destas dos insignes faculdades e incidenter, se trataron algunos apuntamientos dignos de ser aduertidos en alabanca de ambas faculdades. Valladolid, Ivan Dodinez de Millis, pp. i-xii, 1-390
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File AvailableSchweigger, S. 1609 Reyssbuch dess Heyligen Lands: das ist ein grundtliche Beschreibung aller und jeder Meer und Bilgerfahrten zum Heyligen Lande, so bisshero vorgenommen. Beneben eingeführter auch eigentlicher Beschreibung dess gantzen Heyligen Lands . Franckfort am Mayn, bey Iohan[n] Saurn, in Verlegung Francisci Nicolai Rothen
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File AvailableSadeler, A. 1608 Theatrum morum: artliche Gesprach der Thier mit wahren Historien den Menschen zur Lehr. Pragae, Paul Sesse
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File AvailableGessner, C. 1606 Icones animalium quadrupedum viviparorum et oviparorum [etc.] Editio tertia. Heidelbergae: e typographeio I. Lancelloti; impensis A. Cambieri, pp. 1-127, [1-6]
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File AvailableCuelbis, Diego 1600 Thesoro chorographico de las Espannas. Manuscript in Biblioteca Nacional de Espana, Madrid, MSS/18472, [Copia del Ms. Harl. 3822 del British Museum]
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File AvailableGalle, Philippe 1586 Rhinoceros. Original broadsheet - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
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File AvailableRauwolf, L. 1583 Aigentliche beschreibung der Raiß, so er vor diser zeit gegen Auffgang inn die Morgenländer, fürnemlich Syriam, Iudaeam, Arabiam, Mesopotamiam, Babyloniam, Assyriam, Armeniam etc. nicht ohne geringe mühe vnnd große gefahr selbs volbracht. Laugingen, Willers
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File AvailableWedel, Lupold von 1580 Exhibition of Abada in Lisbon in September 1580. In: Baer, M., 1895. Lupold von Wedels Beschreibung seiner Reisen und Kriegserlebnisse 1561-1606. Baltische Studien 45 (pp. 1-609), p. 261
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File AvailableCaminha, P.A. 1577 Manuscript: Sumario dos Reis de Portugal. [=A summary of the Kings of Portugal]. Illuminated manuscript in private collection. In: Pagadas na Torre, Belem, 1992, p. 62
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File AvailableSurius, L. 1571 Histoire, ou commentaires de toutes choses mémorables avenues depuys LXX ans en ça par toutes les parties du monde, tant au faict séculier que ecclésiastic, composez premièrement par Laurens Surius, et nouvellement mis en françois par Jacq. Estourneau. Paris, chez Guillaume Chaudière
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File AvailableSurius, L. 1568 Kurtze Chronick oder Beschreibung der vornembsten händeln und Geschichten, so sich beide in Religions und weltlichen Sachen, fast in der gantzen Welt zugetragen, vom Jar 1500 biss auff das Jar 1568, trewlich verteutscht durch H. Fabricium Aquensem. Cöln: G. Calenius und Erben J. Quentels
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File AvailableGois, D. de 1567 Chronica do felicissimo Rei D Manuel [part 4]. Lisboa, Francisco Correa
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Portuguese text from edition of Lisboa, 1749

[1749: 477]
Capitulo xviii De como el Rei quis ver per experiencia o que os scriptores screvem do odio natural que a antre os Elephantes, & os Rhinocerotas, pera ho que mandou em Lisboa meter estas duas espantosas alimarias em hum terreir...
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File AvailableGessner, C. 1560 Icones animalium quadrupedum viviparorum et oviparorum [etc]. Editio secunda, novis eiconibus non paucis & passim nomenclaturis ac descriptionibus auctior. Accedunt & indices secumdum diversos linguas in fine libri. Tiguri: excedubat C. Froschover, ppp. 1-127, [1-7]
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File AvailableEspine, H. de l' 1558 Description des admirables et merveilleuses regions longtaines et estranges nations payennes de Tartarie, & de la principaulte de leur souverain seigneur. Paris, Barbe Regnault
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Hubert de L'Espine, said to be from Avignon on title-page. The journey may well be fabulous and based on a French edition of Marco Polo’s travels. The book, which is very rare, is illustrated by 21 vignettes (ca. 50 x 30 mm), among which there is a rhinoceros, without Dürer-hornlet and f...
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File AvailableThevet, A. 1556 Cosmographie de Levant. Revue & augmentee de plusieurs figures. Lion, Jean de Tournes et Guillaume Gazeau, pp. 1-218, i-xiv
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[Visit to Cairo in 1550]
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Là [dans le chateau] y ha plusieurs animaus, comme, quatre elefans, lions, tygres, leopars, scorpions, rhinoceros (qui est un animal à quatre piez, ayant une corne aus narines, grand ennemi de l'Elefant), veaux marins, cicognes. Il ne veus mettre en o...
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File AvailablePerion, J.; Grouchy, N.de 1555 Aristotelis meteorologicorum: libri quatuor. Ioachimo Perionio interprete; per Nicolaum Grouchium correcti & emendati. Valentiae, Excudebat Antonius Sanahuja, pp. 1-212
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File AvailableGessner, C. 1553 Icones animalium quadrupedum viviparorum et oviparorum, quae in Historia Animalium Conradi Gesneri describuntur, cum nomenclaturis singulorum latinis, italicis, gallicis et germanicis plerumque, per certos ordines digestae. Tiguri, C. Froschoverus, pp. 1-64, i-iii
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Engraving (after Albrecht Durer) of first Lisbon rhinoceros.
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File AvailableBarros, J. de 1553 Segunda decada da Asia de Joam de Barros dos feitos que os Portugueses fizeram no descobrimento e conquista dos mares e terras do Oriente. Lisboa, Impressa per Germao Galharde, folios 2 + 143
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File AvailableBarrillon, J. 1516 Journal

In: Vaissiere, P. de Journal de Jean Barrillon, secretaire du Chancelier Duprat 1515-1521, publie pour la premiere fois pour la Societe de l'Histoire de France. Paris, Librairie Renouard: vol. 1, pp. i-v, 1-333
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De Cisteron, ledict Seigneur [King Francis I] alla a la Baulme et de la vient faire son entree a Marseille ou il fut honnorablement receu et frere Pregent de Bidaux, cappitaine general des galleres dudict seigneur, fit ung combat sur la mer for triumphant auquel combat y eut tire grande quantite ...
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File AvailableValentim Fernandes de Morávia 1515 Lettera scripta da Valentino Moravia germano

In: Gubernatis, A. de Memoria intorno di viaggiatori italiani. Firenze, Fodratti: pp. 1-171
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On the 20th of the present month of May 1515, arrived at Lisbon, the noblest city of the whole Luzitania, and at present an excellent emporium, an animal called by the Greeks, rinoceros, and by Indians, ganda. The beast was sent by the most powerful King of the city of Combaia, India, as a prese...
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File AvailablePenni, G.G. 1515 Forma & natura et costumi de lo rinocerothe stato condutto im Portogallo dal Capitanio de larmata del Re & altre belle cose condutte dalle insule nouamente trouate. Impresso in Roma: in casa de mastro Stephano Guilireti a di tredici de luio, 1515. Roma, 13 July 1515, pp. 1-4
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This is a very rare booklet / pamphlet
There is a copy in the Institucion Columbina, Sevilla, Spain, sign. 6-3-29 (29)
The scans in the PDF were provided by the library in June 2012.

https://opac.icolombina.es/opac/abnetcl.exe/?TITN=3883

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File AvailableValentim Fernandes de Morávia 1515 Lettera scripta da Valentino Moravia germano. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Banco Rari 233: Miscellanea di viaggi assemblata da Alessandro Zorzi, folio CXXb - CXXVIIIa [original manuscript in Italian]
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File AvailableVarthema, L. di 1515 Die ritterlich und lobwirdig rayss des gestrengen und über all ander weyt erfarnen ritters vnd landfarers herren Ludowico Vartomans võ Bolonia sagent von den landen, Egypto, Syria von bayden Arabia, Persia, India und Ethiopia von den gastalte, syten und dero menschen leben und gelauben, auch von manigerlay thyeren vöglen vnd vil andern in den selben landen seltzamen wuderparlichen sachen, das alles er selbs erfaren und in aygner person gesehen hat. Augsburg, Miller, folios 1-75
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File AvailableVarthema, L. di 1510 Itinerario di Ludovico de Varthema Bolognese nello Egypto nella Suria nella Arabia deserta et felice, ne la Persia, ne la India et ne la Ethiopia; la fede, el vivere et costumi de tutte le prefate provincie. Roma
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