The book of fabulous beasts : a treasury of writings from ancient times to the present /
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Ancient animals
- Mythic beginnings
- Exotic creatures
- Beasts of God
- Scripture and Apocrypha
- Allegories of the Fathers
- A fabulous bestiary
- Storied menagerie
- Travelers' tales
- Strange and dubious creatures
- Heraldic monsters
- A Renaissance miscellany
- Unnatural history
- Recurring images
- Myths and fallacies
- Continuing transformation
- Epilogue.
