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Item Details
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A DICTIONARY OF FABULOUS BEASTS
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| By: |
Richard Barber, Anne Riches |
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Paperback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0851156851 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780851156859 |
| Publisher: |
BOYDELL & BREWER LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1971 |
| Pages: |
168 |
| Description: |
Mythical creatures drawn largely from medieval travellers' tales, but encompassing civilisations from the Sumerians to the Wild West. |
| Synopsis: |
A dictionary? No, this is really an astonishing ark filled with beasts from a fabulous zoo far more varied and entertaining than anything from ordinary natural history. From Abaia and Abath/ to Ziz and Zu, from the microscopic Gigelorum that nests in a mite's ear to the giant serpent Jormungandor who encircles the whole globe, there are beasts from every corner of man's imagination: the light-hearted Fearsome Critters of lumberjack tales find a place alongside the Sirrush of Babylon and the Winged Bulls of Assyria. Some of the fabulous beasts turn out to be real creatures in disguise - a Cameleopard is a kind of glamourised giraffe -while others are almost, but not quite, human. Among the six hundred entries are some which are full-scale essays in their own right, as on Phoenix or Giants; and just in case it seems as though the authors dreamt up the entire book, there is a detailed list of books for the would-be hunter in this mythical jungle. |
| Illustrations: |
34 Line drawings, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
The Boydell Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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