The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history / Jan Bondeson.
Pubblicazione:
Ithaca : Cornell university press, 1999.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 315 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: A prelude. 1. The dancing house 2. Lament of the learned pig 3. The feejee mermaid 4. Obituary for an elephant 5. Jumbo, king of elephant 6. Animals on trial 7. The riddle of the basilisk 8. Spontaneous generation 9. Odd showers 10. Toad in the hole. Sources
