CORSE, MaryBiblio.com
Corse, JBiblio.com
Observations on the different species of Asiatic elephants and their mode of dentition AND Some observations on the structure of the teeth of graminivorous quadrupeds; particularly of the elephant and Sus aethiopicus by E. Home.
65339London The Royal Society 1799. Two papers in one. Large 4to 29.4 x 22.6 cm. 55 33; 22 pp.; 17 8; 9 large folded engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. = The most detailed study of Asiatic elephants to that date. It includes a detailed account of the Bengalese "taxonomy" and nomenclature of elephants which differ widely from the scientific ones. The plates mainly show parts of the skull and the teeth. John Corse later: John Corse-Scott of Sinton or Synton ca. 1762-1842 was an army surgeon and naturalist who resided in India for a long time. He wrote more on elephants but this is his most important anatomical-osteological contribution. Subsequent to Corse's paper and announced there as a continuation is a work by Everard Home Some observations on the structure of the teeth of graminivorous quadrupeds; particularly of the elephant and Sus aethiopicus which includes illustrations of the African elephant's teeth as well. Both publications were communicated by Sir Joseph Banks and sometimes he is - wrongly - listed as the author. Published in the Society's Philosophical Transactions 1799 Part II with a few unrelated papers. Uncut with ample margins. Covers somewhat soiled some light marginal spots otherwise a very good clean and unmarked copy. Neither in Nissen nor in Wood. unknown
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