Curiosities of Natural History, by Francis T. Buckland. by Francis Trevelyan Buckland

Curiosities of Natural History, by Francis T. Buckland. by Francis Trevelyan Buckland

A pioneer in the strange art and ambiguous science of zophagy-that is, of studying animals by eating them-British natural historian FRANCIS TREVELYAN BUCKLAND (1826-1880) was a wildly popular speaker and writer of the Victorian era. In his classic four-volume Curiosities of Natural History, published between 1857 and 1872, he shared his love of creatures exotic and mysterious with readers who devoured his charming and erudite essays much in the same way he devoured his animal subjects. If there is one person that I would have expected to have captured a sea serpent in the 19th century for the sole purpose of eating it, it would be Frank Buckland, writes cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction to Buckland's series. One of the founding grandfathers of cryptozoology, the discipline that investigates animal mysteries, Buckland was not a wild-eyed 'true believer' in anything strange, insists Coleman, but brought, instead, a skeptical, open-minded approach to his work. This replica of the original 1858 third edition, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series.

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ISBN 13	9781425547394
ISBN 10	1425547397
Title	Curiosities of Natural History, by Francis T. Buckland.
Author	Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Michigan Publishing Services
Year published	2006-09-13
Number of pages	436
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