A rich archive of woodcuts of real and imaginative beasts by some of the finest artists of their eras, compiled by a noted man of the Renaissance. Features 308 black-and-white images of mammals, insects, birds, and sea life as well as stunningly conceived and masterfully executed images of fanciful beasts. A fertile source of inspiration.

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Table of Contents for Gesner's Curious and Fantastic Beasts CD-ROM and Book

"Aegopithecus"
agama, spiny-tailed
anas muscaria
angler
ape
aper
aper cetaceus
armadillo
aurochs
baboon
bat
Baumgans
bear
"bearded whale"
beaver
bee-eater
beetle
beetle, capricorn
beetle, dung
beetle, longhorn
beetle, rhinoceros
bird, shore
blenny
boa ("boas")
"boar whale"
bream, sea
bug
bumblebee
butterfly
butterfly, swallowtail
camel, Bactrian
capercaillie
carp
cat
cat, civet
cat, wild
caterpillar
"cenchrine"
cerastes
chameleon
char, Northern
chimaera
chough
cicadas
clam
cockle
cockle, spiny
coot
crab
crab, hermit
creature, sea
crocodile, land, "Arabian or Egyptian"
crocodile, Nile
crustacean, marine
cucumber, sea
dace
dentex
"dephin"
dog, "Mimick or Getulian"
dorbeetle
dormouse, common
dragon, winged
duck
duck, wild
dunlin
eagle, golden
elephant
exocoetus
ferret
fiatola
filbird-mouse
fish
fish, elephant
fish, razor
fish, snipe
"fitch"
flatfish
fly
flyingfish
fox
Geissbrachsme
goat, domestic
goat, Indian
goby
grasshopper
greyhound
guinea-fowl, common
gull
gurnard
gurnard, flying
hamster
Haniver, Jenny
hare
hare, horned
haselmouse
hedgehog
hen, hazel
herring
"horned serpent"
hydra
"lamprey"
larvae
leopard, African
lizard
lizard, land, Brazilian
lobster
locust
loup
lumpfish
lynx
mallard
mandrill
"mantichora"
manticore
mantis
Melolonthe
"millet"
mole
monkey, long-tailed
monster, sea, lion-like
moth
moth eggs
mouflon
mouse
Muggent
mule
nautilus, paper
"nose-horn"
nut-mouse
octopus
otter
"ounce"
owl, barn
pelican
pelican's foot
perch, sea
pigeon, domesticated
polecat
pupae
rat
rat, river
rat, water
rat, wild
ray
ray, eagle
ray, electric
rhinoceros
robin, sea
roller
Rotknillis
saiga
sand-eel
sand-launce
sargo
"sea grape"
seahorse
seal
"sea wolf"
serpent
serpent, Indian
serpent-star
shanny
sheep, Cretan
sheep, Walachian
sheep, wild
shell, olive
shell, whelk
shrew
skate
skink
slug, sea
smew
snail, sea
snail, sea "eared"
snake
snipe
"sorex"
spaniel, water
sphinx
spider
squid
squirrel
stag-beetle
starfish
stellion
stingray
sturgeon
"su"
sunfish
swordfish
taenia
tiger
toad
tortoise, land
toucan
"tree goose"
triton
trumpet-fish
trunkfish
turtle, leatherback
turtle, marine
umbra
unicorn
urchin, sea
"ure-ox"
vole
walrus
"water adder"
weasel, Italian
whale
wolf
woodcock
wrasse
wren
"ziveth"

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