Here it is, the miraculous multi-legged animal described by Iambulus, appended to a French version of Leo Africanus, and copied probably by Thevet and unquestionably by Paré.
It’s even surrounded by severed limbs – but don’t worry, it’ll fix ‘em!
And, of course, Paré’s version. Spot the differences.
Dingbat postcards
Visit sunny Ethiopia! See the elephants, rhinos, pythons, and depressed snake-charmers!
From Le Livre des Merveilles.
Yeah, going to have to rewrite and redraw the swamfisk. Check it out, all curled up in the top right corner.
The Invisible Beast, by Arnold Lobel for the Jack Prelutsky poem of the same name.
Just a few of Edward Lear’s Nonsense Botany plants.
From Cobb, “Nematodes and their relationships”.
Visit lovely Bohemia! Get scalded by a beast with a bladder on its neck!
From Le Livre des Merveilles.
