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Rhinoceros — Ulisse Aldrovandi

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7 Comments to “Rhinoceros — Ulisse Aldrovandi”

1. 
   Wieldling
   December 12, 2012 at 2:32 pm

   This is spectacular. Going directly into my pictures-of-rhinos folder. Thank you.

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2. 
   seymourblogger
   December 12, 2012 at 2:39 pm

   Thanks. My debt to you keeps mounting.

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3. 
   danielkester66
   December 12, 2012 at 2:49 pm

   Reblogged this on danielkester66 and commented:
   fantastic!

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4. 
   pwverschuren
   December 12, 2012 at 6:32 pm

   For some reason, this reminds me of this scene, from “Midnight in Paris”:
   

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5. 
   BDR
   December 12, 2012 at 8:14 pm

   Did you ever read Lawrence Norfolk? *Lemprierre’s Dictionary* I really dug (though I’m told I read the American version with is different from the British, or something) and read *Pope’s Rhinoceros* (and thought OK but not nearly *L’s D*) which had a version of your rhinoceros on the cover.

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     Biblioklept
     December 12, 2012 at 9:06 pm

     I will add Norfolk to the scrap of paper that I no longer keep in my wallet but on my iPhone.

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6. 
   Biblioklept
   December 12, 2012 at 9:07 pm

   Also, feel the need to clarify: Aldrovandi’s is a color copy of Durer’s famous engraving:

   http://riowang.blogspot.com/2008/11/rhinocerology-3-first-litter.html

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