The Urus or Buffalo. B. A Bull nearly resembling a Stag with only one Horn. C. A King of Wild Ass. [American Bison].

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• PUBLISHER: Published in London by J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, London

• MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

  DATE: 1752.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 3/8 x 20 1/2" (41.8 x 52.1 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: One of the finest large 18th-century images of the North American "Bull" Bison.<br><br> There are three animals on the sheet. The first, "A", pictured prominently is the Urus or Buffalo. On the extreme right, lettered B, is "A Bull nearly resembling a stag with only one Horn." And C, "A Kind of Wild Ass." This engraving appeared in "The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To Which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War."

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• CONDITION: Good condition. Professionally backed on rice paper.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Other Animals