Un-natural History: Or, Myths of Ancient Science; Being a Collection of Curious Tracts on the Basilisk, Unicorn, Phoenix, Behemoth Or Leviathan, Dragon, Giant Spider, Tarantula, Chameleons, Satyrs, Homines Caudati, &c, Volumes 1-4Edmund Goldsmid Privately printed, 1886 - Animals |
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