Die Natürliche Historie Des Nashorns
Die Natürliche Historie Des Nashorns is a German translation of James Parsons's natural history of the rhinoceros, issued in 1747 and dedicated to Martin Folkes. The pictures are engraved plates of rhinoceros anatomy and animal studies, with the horn and skin details shown in dense hatched line. A designer could draw on the crosshatched, tonal line work for textured surfaces, armour-like skin patterns, and detailed specimen layouts.
