Robert Plot’s Natural History of Oxfordshire

Fascinated by this book which I have a facsimile of. Drawing above refers to section where stones that look like horses illustrated……pre-scientific groupings based on ‘likeness’ and similitude….links to Simon Perkins illustrations in phd talk..cross-boundary thinking….Full article on Plot in pdf format – download here..plot.pdf

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