. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber primus de quadrupedibus viuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?ue variarum studiosis, vtilissimum simul iucundissimumq?ue futurum. Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. T>t Rhmocerote. A. Lib, Z. s^s. inqint,habet vnicum cornu:&animal quodquidam veterum arcIios,qua{i principem,vocaucrunt: nos vnicof ncm Latine,rhinocerotaGr&ci cornu maximum ert,& folidum ficut ceruinum: quod ptdcs dc- cem,vtipfemenruraui,Iongitudineexcedit:&diametereiusin radicefefq
. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiae animalium liber primus de quadrupedibus viuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?ue variarum studiosis, vtilissimum simul iucundissimumq?ue futurum. Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. T>t Rhmocerote. A. Lib, Z. s^s. inqint,habet vnicum cornu:&animal quodquidam veterum arcIios,qua{i principem,vocaucrunt: nos vnicof ncm Latine,rhinocerotaGr&ci cornu maximum ert,& folidum ficut ceruinum: quod ptdcs dc- cem,vtipfemenruraui,Iongitudineexcedit:&diametereiusin radicefefquipalmum, ( fefquidodrantem intel- o H^o,)fuperabat,H^,primum quodafinumlndicum ex Ariftotele fcribens folipcdem €ne,moxrhinocerotem aniraalbifulcuminterpretatur: deindcjquodrhinocerotem & vnicornem confundit: tcrtio,qu6darcha vel archos Arabicum nomen facicns libro fecundo,/'corruptum forte a voce karas,) duode- cimo principem interprctaturacfi &proceritas ifta cornu,decem pedes excedens, rhinoceroti ,fed monoceroti cartazono : nam Oppianus rhinocerotis cornu paruum (hoceft breue, Gillivis quoq; paruum transfertjeffefcribit: oKlyzv \jzs-\(> «'k(J6« p;vo? 'kvvi)}\et ai^ou; ctivov, ^ov, cixisv (x!o^. Quod fi quis verbum oAtyov non ad cornu quantitatem,fed adloci diftantiam referat,hocfenfu:paul6 fupraex- trcmum nafum crudele&acutiffimum cornu oritur: nos tamen cx ipfapidura; quam ad viuum dedimus, pro- portione,cornij breueeireconuincemus: namcum fupranares incipiat, &multoinfraaures dcfinat,longum efle non potcilArillotelem nufquam huiusanimalismeminilfe miror,quodfi ipfi notum fuiflet, omnino hi- © ftoriam cius orygi&aflno Indicoiungercdebebat,vbi Ynicornium natufam de parti- busaiiimaUum. Bbbb i Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these il
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