Toads and Toadstools The Natural History, Mythology and Cultural Oddities of This Strange Association

Name: Toads and Toadstools The Natural History, Mythology and Cultural Oddities of This Strange Association
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ISBN: 9780890877777

ISBN-10: 0890877777

ISBN-13: 9780890877777

Edition: 1995

Authors: Adrian Morgan

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While many field guides and cookbooks have been written on mushrooms, fewer books have been devoted to frogs and toads (certainly field guides and perhaps a cookbook)--but none that we know of has ever addressed their curious historical relationships throughout the world. Artist and scholar Adrian Morgan has spent twelve years collecting, studying, drawing, painting, observing, and eating his subjects. The result is a glorious feast for the eye as well as the intellect. An astonishing compendium of art history, cultural anthropology, pharmacology, herpetology, mycology, and serious conjecture. TOADS & TOADSTOOLS will delight and amaze any armchair biologist. Brimming over with almost 150…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Publication date: 1/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English