Author: Vosmaer, A.
Title: Description d'une espèce singuliere de chat Africain, qui n'a point encore été décrit, nommé chat-bizaam venue du Cap de Bonne Espérance, et qui se conserve dans le cabinet de son altesse sérénissime, monseigneur le prince d'Orange et de Nassau, stadhouder héreditaire, gouverneur, capitaine géneral et amirail des Provinces Unies des Pais-Bas, &c. &c. &c.
Description: Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1771. 4to (27.5 x 21.0 cm. 6 pp. (including title page), one engraved plate. Disbound. = Vosmaer was director of the menagerie of Prince Willem V of the Netherlands. Many strange animals were captured and sent to the zoo by Dutch traders who roamed the world. These animals were kept and studied by Vosmaer, who published his findings in a series of treatises, each discussing a different animal. This treatise deals with a Cape genet (Genetta tigrina), a species restricted to South Africa. Vosmaer compared it to the South American margay, a true cat with a similar fur pattern. This is the French edition, which seems to be more rare than the simultanously published Dutch edition. Coloured editions are known, but in this copy the plate is plain. A nice, clean copy.

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