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A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
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A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/72069 · 1752

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Lettering: This animal is called Al Jerbua, or Jerbua, and is figur'd and describ'd in Del Tesoro Britannico delineate e descritte da Nicola Francesco Haym Romano...Geo. Edwards del. anno 1752

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