The white Tratarian camel or Dromedary camels. The caption must be wrong as the Dromedary camel has only one hump. This is probably the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus) Copper engraving with hand colouring Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature [miscellaneous plates] by Wilkes, John Publication date 1796-1829

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