Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.
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Book of Norwegian fairytales and one of the finest creations to emerge from the golden age of illustration.
Does each species have an optimal form? An ideal beauty that existed prior to the Fall? These were questions that concerned both artists and breeders alike in the 17th century. Dániel Margócsy on the search for a menagerie of perfect prelapsarian geometry.
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Remarkable depictions of nudibranchs from the waters of the Philippines in the early 20th century.
Babylonian and Assyrian incantations against various demons, ghouls, vampires, hobgoblins, ghosts, and evil spirits.
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