On Monsters and Marvels (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226645636)

Ambroise Par , born in France around 1510, was chief surgeon to both Charles IX and Henri III. In one of the first attempts to explain birth defects, Par produced On Monsters and Marvels, an illustrated encyclopedia of curiosities, of monstrous human and animal births, bizarre beasts, and natural phenomena. Janice Pallister's acclaimed English translation offers a glimpse of the natural world as seen by an extraordinary Renaissance natural philosopher.

Author: Ambroise Pare
ISBN-10: 0226645630
ISBN-13: 9780226645636
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1995
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.04h x 5.58w x 0.67d