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    On Monsters and Marvels
    On Monsters and Marvels
    On Monsters and Marvels
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    On Monsters and Marvels

    By Ambroise Pare and Janis L. Pallister

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    Ambroise Paré, 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, Paré 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
    Release dateJan 10, 2011
    ISBN9780226645612
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