MYTHICAL MONSTERS [illustrated] - Charles Gould

Published by Studio Editions Ltd (1992)
Hardback/ cloth binding
Gild letters on spine
Very good condition
Pages: 408
Dimensions: 24 X 16 (cm)
It contains plenty of b&w illustrations.
Book on cryptozoology
This is a faithful reprint of the 1886 original.
Charles Gould (4 June 1834 – 15 April 1893) was the first Geological Surveyor of Tasmania 1859-69. His book Mythical Monsters (1886) is widely considered an early work on cryptozoology.
CONTENTS:
  INTRODUCTION                                           
  LIST OF AUTHORS CITED                                 
  CHAPTER I.--ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS           
  CHAPTER II.--EXTINCTION OF SPECIES                    
  CHAPTER III.--ANTIQUITY OF MAN                        
  CHAPTER IV.--THE DELUGE NOT A MYTH                   
  CHAPTER V.--ON THE TRANSLATION OF MYTHS BETWEEN THE OLD AND    THE NEW WORLD                
  CHAPTER VI.--THE DRAGON                              
  CHAPTER VII.--THE CHINESE DRAGON                     
  CHAPTER VIII.--THE JAPANESE DRAGON                   
  CHAPTER IX.--THE SEA-SERPENT                         
  CHAPTER X.--THE UNICORN                              
  CHAPTER XI.--THE CHINESE PHŒNIX                      
  APPENDICES