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Talapoino & Sifac, Pl. 189<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Talapoino \u00e8 una Bertuccia di gentil sembiante e dal suo nome parrebbe che dovesse trovarfi a Siamo e nelle alter provincie della Asia Orientale piuttosto che en Affrica\u2026 Il Sifac ovvero Duc \u00e8 l\u2019ultimo della classe degli animali, che noi abbiamo chiamati Scimmie, Babbuini e Bertuccie, e non essendo precisamente di alcuno di questi tre generi, partecipa nondimeno di tutti\u2026<\/p>\n [The Talapoino is a macaque of pleasant expression and from its name it would appear that it would be found at Siam and in the other areas of East Asia rather than in Africa\u2026The Sifac or Duc is the last of this class of animals, which we have called Monkeys, Baboons and Macaques, and not being precisely of one of these three genuses, belongs nevertheless to all\u2026]<\/p>\n Sa\u00ec, Pl. 192<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Sa\u00ec \u00e8 una specie di Spaj\u00f9, che ha la testa rotunda, la faccia ampia, e schiacciata, le guancie senza forse, il muso corto, e grosso, la divisione delle nari assai grossa, le aperture ai lati e non sotto il naso, le orecchie grandi, e quasi nude, le natiche senza collosita, la coda pendente, e nuda al di sotto verso l\u2019estremit\u00e0\u2026<\/p>\n [The Sa\u00ec is a species of Spaj\u00f9, which has a round head, full and flattened face, perhaps lacking cheeks, the snout short, and fat, the division of the nostrils wide enough, the openings at the sides and not under the nose, large ears, and almost bare, the buttocks without (collosita), the tail hanging, and bare from beneath the rear extremity\u2026]<\/p>\n Saj\u00f9, Pl. 191<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Saj\u00f9 \u00e8 una specie di Sapaj\u00f9, che misurato dal muso all origine della coda \u00e8 longo un piede; ha la testa tottonda, il muso corto, e grosso, gli occhi vicini fra loro, e di color castagnino\u2026<\/p>\n [The Saj\u00fa is a species of Sapaj\u00fa, which measured from the snout to the beginning of the tail is the length of a foot; has a (tottonda) head, a short, fat nose, the eyes close set, and chestnut colored\u2026]<\/p>\n Coaita, Pl. 190<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Coaita trovasi nella Gujana e nel Per\u00f9; ha il pelo nero e riccio, e distinguesi da tutti gli altri Sapaj\u00f9 nell aver Quattro sole dita alle mani, mancandogli il pollice\u2026<\/p>\n [The Coaita is found in Guyana and in Peru; it has a rich, black hair, and distinguishes itself from the other Sapaj\u00fa in having only four fingers on its hands, lacking the thumb\u2026]<\/p>\n Iocko, Pl. 133<\/strong><\/p>\n L\u2019Iocko \u00e8 una scimia, che pi\u00f9 di tutte le alter somiglia nella forma del corpo all\u2019Uomo, questa somiglianza per altro, come si esprime il Sig. Bonnet, che stabilisce in essa il passaggio dai quadrupedi all\u2019 umana specie, non \u00e9 che un abbozzo grossolano, e un immagine imperfetta \u2026<\/p>\n [The Jocko is a monkey, that more than all the others resembles the form of the body of Man, this resemblance, as Signor Bonnet has expressed it, which establishes in it the link in the passage from quadrupeds to the human species, no more than a rough sketch, and an imperfect image\u2026]<\/p>\n Mangabeii, Pl. 186<\/strong><\/p>\n Il Mangabeij \u00e8 cosi ditto, perche trovasi frequentemente nelle terre vicine a Mangabeij. Egli \u00e8 una specie di Bertuccia, che \u00e8 distinta da tutte le alter per le palpebre nude, e bianchissime, per il muso grosso, largo, e lungo con un cordone intorno agli occhi. Questa specie \u00e8 soggetta a molte variet\u00e0\u2026<\/p>\n [The Mangabeij is so called, because it is found frequently in the lands near Mangabeij. 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\nSa\u00ec, Pl. 192
\nSaj\u00f9, Pl. 191
\nCoaita, Pl. 190
\nIocko, Pl. 133
\nMangabeii, Pl. 186<\/strong>
\nCattani e Nerozzi, Bologna: 1786-87
\nHand-colored engravings on watermarked laid paper
\n10 x 9.25 inches, image average approximate
\n14 x 9.25 inches, image and text average approximate
\n16 x 11 inches, overall
\n$3,000, set of 6<\/p>\n