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1715 EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BOOK ON ELEPHANTS

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Early book, printed in Latin 284pp. with part paper binding. Some repairs to early pages approx 6½"x8". Red & black title page. By D. Georgio Christophoro Petri. Partial translation appears to be: Elephant Curiosities, Elephant Descriptions. A great classic work on elephants that appears to summarize what was known of the animal at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Rare. Fair overall condition.

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