On monsters and marvels /

On monsters and marvels /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Paré, Ambroise, 1510?-1590.
Uniform title:	Des monstres et prodiges. English
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Description:	xxxii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English French
Subject:	Abnormalities, Human -- Early works to 1800. Animals -- Abnormalities -- Early works to 1800. Abnormalities, Human. Animals -- Abnormalities. Early works.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 7 has original dustjacket; copy 8 is a paperback.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/510803

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Other authors / contributors:	Pallister, Janis L.
ISBN:	0226645622 : $16.50
Notes:	Translation of: Des monstres et prodiges. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 208-212.

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Summary:	Ambroise Paré, 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, Paré 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.
Item Description:	Translation of: Des monstres et prodiges. Includes index.
Physical Description:	xxxii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p. 208-212.
ISBN:	0226645622