Black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros, critically endangered, Diceros bicornis, and African bush elephant, endangered, Loxodonta africana. Two-horned rhinoceros and elephant. After illustrations by Jacques de Seve. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and translator. His two-volume translation of
Black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros, critically endangered, Diceros bicornis, and African bush elephant, endangered, Loxodonta africana. Two-horned rhinoceros and elephant. After illustrations by Jacques de Seve. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellie's English translation of George Buffon's Natural History, General and Particular, and Henry Chambers' History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects, Thomas Kelly, London, 1828. Artist unknown. William Smellie (1740-1795) was a prolific Scottish author, naturalist and translator. His two-volume translation of Buffon first appeared in 1781.
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