1992 1st edition. W.W. Norton. New York. Large 4to. Pp155. Colour photographs throughout. Fine in slightly used dust-wrapper.
Notes: "Here is Purcell's wonderfully exotic photographs of teeth and other human artifacts from the collection of Peter the Great; moles, pigs, and dogs from van Heurn's many boxes of preserved skins; and all manner of preserved life from Rothschild's Birds of Paradise to the fish of Agassiz. Here also is Gould at his best, delighting in the unusual and making connections to our own history and evolution that only the most fertile and whimsical mind could image - and that few will be able to resist. This book is for those with a craving for beauty, knowledge, and a fascination with the unusual."
