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Imaginary Animals : The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Imaginary Animals : The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human about?
<b>An extraordinary menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts featuring hundreds of illustrations, from griffins to dog-men, mermaids, dragons, unicorns, and yetis.</b><br> <br> Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful mermaids, majestic unicorns, terrifying three-headed dogs—these fantastic creatures have long excited our imagination. Medieval authors placed them in the borders of manuscripts as markers of the boundaries of our understanding. Tales from around the world place these beasts in deserts,
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- Author
- Boria Sax
- Publisher
- London: Reaktion Books
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780231730
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Nature
- Rating
- 4.33 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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