On Monsters and Marvels

by Ambroise Paré

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Ambroise Par , born in France around 1510, was chief surgeon to both Charles IX and Henri III. In one of the first attempts to explain birth defects, Par produced On Monsters and Marvels, an illustrated encyclopedia of curiosities, of monstrous human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural phenomena. Janice Pallister's acclaimed English translation offers a glimpse of the natural world as seen by an extraordinary Renaissance natural philosopher...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226645630

ISBN13:9780226645636

Release Date:October 1995

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.86 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 9.0"

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