The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history / Jan Bondeson.
The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history / Jan Bondeson.
The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history / Jan Bondeson.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0395393
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The Dancing Horse -- Lament of the Learned Pig -- The Feejee Mermaid -- Obituary for an Elephant -- Jumbo, King of Elephants -- Animals on Trial -- The Riddle of the Basilisk -- Spontaneous Generation -- Odd Showers -- Toad in the Hole.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
Bondeson demonstrates that belief in this fabulous creature resulted from misinterpretations of rare events in natural history. The vegetable lamb, a mainstay of museums in the seventeenth century, was allegedly half plant, half animal: it had the shape of a little lamb, but grew from a stem. After examining two vegetable lambs still in London toda...
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The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history / Jan Bondeson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-315).
Transferred from N590/23.
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T0395393
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74VvM0emQMOg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvM0emQMOg
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ISBN
0801436095 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780801436093 (cloth : acid-free paper)
DDC
590
MMS ID
991007307249702626
