Isbn: 9781605205496 - curiosities of natural history, in four volumes: first series (13 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A pioneer in the strange art and ambiguous science of zoöphagy-that is, of studying animals by eating them-British natural historian FRANCIS TREVELYAN BUCKLAND (1826-1880) was a wildly popular speaker and writer of the Victorian era. In his classic four-volume Curiosities of Natural History, published between 1857 and 1872, he shared his love of creatures exotic and mysterious with readers who devoured his charming and erudite essays much in the same way he devoured his animal subjects.'If there is one person that I would have expected to have captured a sea serpent in the 19th century for the sole purpose of eating it, it would be Frank Buckland,' writes cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction to Buckland's series. One of the founding grandfathers of cryptozoology, the discipline that investigates animal mysteries, Buckland was not 'a wild-eyed 'true believer' in anything strange,' insists Coleman, but brought, instead, 'a skeptical, open-minded approach' to his work.Indeed, here, in the 'first series' of Curiosities of Natural History, Buckland's erudition is clear in his animated discussions of, among many other things, the stupidity of newts, French sailors eating rats, skinning a boa constrictor, how a fish might drown, and the cunning of monkeys.This new edition, a replica of the original 1858 third edition, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series.LOREN COLEMAN is author of numerous books of cryptozoology, including Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Curiosities of Natural History, in Four Volumes | First Series | Francis T. Buckland | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2013 | Cosimo Classics | EAN 9781605205496 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …