Turnspit and water dog, extinct breeds

Turnspit 38, extinct breed of short-legged dog bred to run in a wheel or roasting jack, and water dog or water spaniel 39, an extinct breed of spaniel bred to retrieve game from water. Canis lupus familiaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Jacques de Seve from James Smith Barr's edition of Comte Buffon's Natural History, A Theory of the Earth, General History of Man, Brute Creation, Vegetables, Minerals, T. Gillet, H. D. Symonds, Paternoster Row, London, 1807

Barrs Buffon Brute Creation Buffons Natural History Canis Lupus Familiaris Comte Buffon Enlightenment General History Of Man Georges Louis Leclerc De Buffon Jacques De Seve James Smith Barr Minerals Natural History Paternoster Row Primates Quadrupeds Retrieve Spaniel Theory Of The Earth Translation Turnspit Vegetables Zoological Art

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