1841 Animal ZOOLOGY Man BEAST Arabian Horse DOG BREEDS
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1841 Animal ZOOLOGY Man BEAST Arabian Horse DOG BREEDS Description: This is a Great and Significant find !! You will be Thouroughly Amazed at the contents of this book from a full 169 years ago! Up for auction is a Beautiful 1841 Edition of the book History of Quadrupeds that contains over 340 Engravings and information of all manner of four-footedanimals that were known about in 1841, both wild and domesticated includingDog and Horse Breeds from this time period, most with Beautiful Descriptionsand Stunning Early Engravings!Just the section on the different Dog Breeds of the time, their description and early Engravingsare Incredible! An Amazingly Detailed and Extremely Well-Written book that covers so manydifferent species that were known about at the time, some, now extict since thebook was first published, and at least one, the Mammoth, that was extinct atthe time of publication! It is truly amazing to read about these animals and some of the things thatwere actually believed about them during this time so many years ago! Someanimals were so newly discovered, they seemingly did not even have namesyet, such as the Duck-Billed Platypus, which is referred to in the book as "AnAmphibious Animal." Or the Giraffe, which is referred to as the "Cameleopard"and is depicted in the book as looking a bit different than they do in real
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