Author: Vosmaer, A.
Title: Description d'une assez inconnuë & très belle espèce de petit bouc, que, pour sa forme mignonne & délicate nous nommons petit bouc damoiseau de Guinée; lequel a été apporté ici de la susdite Côte, & se conserve dans la ménagerie 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, 1770. 4to (27.1 x 21.1 cm). Eight pp. (including title page), one engraved plate. Disbound. = Aernout Vosmaer (1720-1799) 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 mouse deer or chevrotain. In 1795 the prince's collection was brought to Paris as a war trophy (Pieters). 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. Some text leaves slightly spotted, otherwise a nice clean copy with a clean plate. Landwehr, 204; Nissen ZBI, 4294; F. Pieters, 1980, Notes on the menagerie and zoological cabinet of Stadholder William V of Holland, directed by Aernout Vosmaer.

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