The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... fabulous animals of Western man over a long period of time . No attempt can as yet be made to deal exhaustively with every magic beast : such a work would need to be an encyclopedia in ten or twelve large volumes . At a later date I ...
... fabulous animals of Western man over a long period of time . No attempt can as yet be made to deal exhaustively with every magic beast : such a work would need to be an encyclopedia in ten or twelve large volumes . At a later date I ...
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... fabulous animal shuffles onto the scene . In the case of Lascaux , we can only guess at the origin and meaning of the creature . With other fabulous animals of later periods we will be luckier . But already the special magic and appeal ...
... fabulous animal shuffles onto the scene . In the case of Lascaux , we can only guess at the origin and meaning of the creature . With other fabulous animals of later periods we will be luckier . But already the special magic and appeal ...
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... Fabulous Beasts and Demons . London , 1975 . Petit , G. and J. Theodoridès : Histoire de la zoologie , des origines à Linné . Paris , 1962 . Peyer , Bernhard : Geschichte der Thierwelt . Stuttgart , 1949 . Pizetta , Jules : Galerie des ...
... Fabulous Beasts and Demons . London , 1975 . Petit , G. and J. Theodoridès : Histoire de la zoologie , des origines à Linné . Paris , 1962 . Peyer , Bernhard : Geschichte der Thierwelt . Stuttgart , 1949 . Pizetta , Jules : Galerie des ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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