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An odd bestiary, or, A compendium of instructive and entertaining descriptions of animals, culled from five centuries of travelers' accounts, natural histories, zoologies, etc. by authors famous and obscure, arranged as an abecedary / cdesigned and illustrated by Alan James Robinson ; text compiled and annotated by Laurie Block.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Robinson, Alan James
Other Authors:	Block, Laurie, 1949-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1986
Subjects:	Robinson, Alan James. Bestiaries in art. Bestiaries.

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