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Curiosities of Natural History, in Four Volumes - First Series (Paperback) Loot Price: R603
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Curiosities of Natural History, in Four Volumes - First Series (Paperback): Francis T. Buckland

Curiosities of Natural History, in Four Volumes - First Series (Paperback)

Francis T. Buckland; Introduction by Loren Coleman

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A pioneer in the strange art and ambiguous science of zophagy-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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Imprint: Cosimo Classics
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: Francis T. Buckland
Introduction by: Loren Coleman
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-1-60520-549-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
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LSN: 1-60520-549-4
Barcode: 9781605205496

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