[PDF] History Of Four Footed Beasts And Serpents And Insects eBook

Author : Topsell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 27,72 MB
Release : 2016-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 113662757X

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First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Edward Topsell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 37,79 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1136956506

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First Published in 1967. This is volume one of three of The History of Four- footed Beasts taken principally from the ‘ Historite Animalium’ of Conrad Gesner. During the first decade of the seventeenth century, when Topsell prepared his translation, zoology had just become a science. It has a unique place: It was the first major book on animals printed in Great Britain in English; and it appeared at the last moment in history when all zoological knowledge since antiquity could be summarized sympathetically, before it was rendered a curiosity by the many new discoveries soon to come.

Author : Edward Topsell
Publisher : Left of Brain Onboarding Pty Limited
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2021-10-06
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ISBN : 9781396320781

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Edward Topsell's "The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects", is a medieval exposition on Zoology. Published in 1658, nearly 30 years after Topsell's death, his book explores the history and legends of real and mythical animals. Topsell was not a naturalist but a clergyman, and he used scriptures and poetry as sources just as much as the natural world. He mentions fantastical and mythical creations such as the lamia, a creature with a scaled, catlike body and the face of a woman, the mantichora, a creature with a lion's body, a man's face and a distorted smile, and the hydra, a creature with seven heads and a serpent's body. He also mentions unicorns and discusses how elephants worship the sun. Topsell's previous books had been grounded in religious themes, and although "The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects" is not without said themes, it's a puzzling and enjoyable departure from his usual work. This third and final volume contains The Theater of Insects.

Author : Edward Topsell
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 1967-10-13
Category : Animals, Mythical
ISBN : 9780415426954

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First Published in 1967. This is volume one of three of The History of Four- footed Beasts taken principally from the Historite Animalium of Conrad Gesner. During the first decade of the seventeenth century, when Topsell prepared his translation, zoology had just become a science. It has a unique place: It was the first major book on animals printed in Great Britain in English; and it appeared at the last moment in history when all zoological knowledge since antiquity could be summarized sympathetically, before it was rendered a curiosity by the many new discoveries soon to come.

Author : Edward Topsell
Publisher : Left of Brain Onboarding Pty Limited
Page : 934 pages
File Size : 19,85 MB
Release : 2021-10-06
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ISBN : 9781396320811

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Edward Topsell's "The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects", is a medieval exposition on Zoology. Published in 1658, nearly 30 years after Topsell's death, his book explores the history and legends of real and mythical animals. Topsell was not a naturalist but a clergyman, and he used scriptures and poetry as sources just as much as the natural world. He mentions fantastical and mythical creations such as the lamia, a creature with a scaled, catlike body and the face of a woman, the mantichora, a creature with a lion's body, a man's face and a distorted smile, and the hydra, a creature with seven heads and a serpent's body. He also mentions unicorns and discusses how elephants worship the sun. Topsell's previous books had been grounded in religious themes, and although "The History of Four-Footed Beasts, Serpents and Insects" is not without said themes, it's a puzzling and enjoyable departure from his usual work. This second volume contains the remainder of The History of Four-Footed Beasts and The History of Serpents, with Insects in the final volume.