The world's encyclopedia of wonders and curiosities of nature and art, science, and literature
Subtitle: containing a full and authentic description of the most remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc
By: of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe, comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man. By I. Platts ...
Publisher: H.S. Allen
Published: 1878
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 958
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Notes: First published in London, 1822, under title: The book of curiosities; or, Wonders of the great world.