Sir Thomas Browne; Alan James Robinson (illus.)
Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Of Vnicornes Hornes, 1984
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press
One of sixty deluxe copies, with an extra suite of proofs. Signed by the artist.
3530
Octavo. (24)ff. Wood engravings throughout by Robinson illustrate the various animals taken to be more or less unicorns: rhinoceros, narwhal, swordfish, walrus, oryx, and other monoceri. The text, originally published...
Octavo. (24)ff. Wood engravings throughout by Robinson illustrate the various animals taken to be more or less unicorns: rhinoceros, narwhal, swordfish, walrus, oryx, and other monoceri. The text, originally published in 1690 as a chapter of "Pseudodoxia Epidemica," or "Vulgar Errors," examines the sources of the "unicorn horn" highly prized in medicine. Fine in vellum-backed boards with white handmade paper covers. Fine. Housed in dropback box with extra suite and a copy of the prospectus.
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