. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiæ animalium Lib. I. de quadrupedibus uiuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?; uariarum studiosis, utilissimum simul iucundissimumq?; futurum ... Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. DcRhinocerote. A. Lib. I. 955. dccem,uti'pfe menfurauUongitudine excedit:& diameter eius fn radice fefqufpalmum, (fefqufdo* drantem mtelIigo,)fuperabat,HaecilleJnepte autemfarit,primum quod afinum Indicum ex Arifto* tele fcribens folipedem efle,mox rhinocerotem animal bifulcum interpretatur;deinde, quod rhinOa cerot
. Conradi Gesneri medici Tigurini Historiæ animalium Lib. I. de quadrupedibus uiuiparis : opus philosophis, medicis, grammaticis, philologis, poe?tis, & omnibus rerum linguarumq?; uariarum studiosis, utilissimum simul iucundissimumq?; futurum ... Pre-Linnean works; Zoology. DcRhinocerote. A. Lib. I. 955. dccem,uti'pfe menfurauUongitudine excedit:& diameter eius fn radice fefqufpalmum, (fefqufdo* drantem mtelIigo,)fuperabat,HaecilleJnepte autemfarit,primum quod afinum Indicum ex Arifto* tele fcribens folipedem efle,mox rhinocerotem animal bifulcum interpretatur;deinde, quod rhinOa cerotem &C unicornem conftmdit; tertio, quodarcha uel archos Arabicum nomen facienslibro fe» eundo,(corruptum forte a uocekaras,)duodecimo principeminterpretatur ac fi Grseca et proteritas ifta cornu,decem oedes excedens,rhinoceroti puto non conuenit,fed monoceroticartas lzono*nam Oppianus rhinocerotis cornu paruum (hoc eft breue, Gillius quocB paruum transfert) f efTe (cribit: ohiysy ^^zsl$ t4&« d<$fos oavo^^hist^ySiJ/oyJcyfioy h%. Quod n quis uerbum faiyop. $0 tion ad cornu quantitatem,fedad loci diftantiam referat,hoc fenfu: paulo fupra extremum nafunt . crudele cY acutiflimum cornu oritur i nos tamen ex ipfa pidurae quam ad uiuum dedimus^ propor* cione,cornubr€uee(reconuincemus:namcumfupra naresmcipiatj&multoinfra aures definatf U 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 illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565; Burndy Library, donor. DSI. Tiguri : Apud Christ. Froschouerum
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