Oudemans (A.C.) The Great Sea-Serpent: An Historic
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Oudemans (A.C.) The Great Sea-Serpent: An Historical and Critical Treatise,some light spotting, Leiden and London, 1892 § Buckland (Frank) Curiosities of Natural History, First & Second Series (of 4), spotting, 1863-61 § Shepard (Odell) The Lore of the Unicorn, 1930 § Carrington (R.) Mermaids and Mastodons, 1957 § Benwell (G.) and Arthur Waugh. Sea Enchantress: The Tale of the Mermaid and her Kin, 1961 § Burton (M.) The Elusive Monster: An analysis of the evidence from Loch Ness, 1961 § Ellis (R.) Monsters of the Sea, 1995, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first with faded spine, the last four with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and 11 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (19)
***The first, an important work of cryptozoology, is a scientific study investigating sightings of the sea-serpent, suggesting that it was actually a prehistoric fish thought to be extinct. In 1938 it was identified as the coelacanth..
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