Author: Vosmaer, A.
Title: Description d'un chien sauvage Indien, très singulier, qui n'a point encore été décrit, et qui se troeve dans l'Isle de Ceylan.
Description: Amsterdam, Pierre Meijer, 1773. 4to. 6 pp. (including title page), one engraved plate. Blind wrappers. = 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 wild dog. Contrasting to other parts in the series this late part does not specify in the title that the animal or its remains were kept in the zoo and museum of the prince of Orange. 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. Last text leave slightly spotted, otherwise a nice clean copy with a clean plate.

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