Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed Births in Early Modern Europe (Clio Medica, 77) - Hardback Book
Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed Births in Early Modern Europe (Clio Medica, 77) - Hardback Book

Emblematic Monsters: Unnatural Conceptions and Deformed Births in Early Modern Europe (Clio Medica, 77) - Hardback Book

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Sunning to spine and small stain to top edge of text block. Otherwise internally in 'as new' condition with pages free from marks or inscriptions. Please see images for further details.

Brill: 2005

Synopsis: In early modern Europe, monstrous births were significant events that were seen alive by many people, and dissected, embalmed and collected after death. Emblematic Monsters is a social history of monstrous births as seen through popular print, scholarly books and the proceedings of learned societies.