Front matter
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GROTTO DEL CANI. p. 446.
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Engraved for the Book of Curiosities. p. 877.
THE
BOOK OF CURIOSITIES:
CONTAINING
TEN THOUSAND
WONDERS AND CURIOSITIES
OF
NATURE AND ART;
AND OF
Remarkable and Astonishing PLACES, BEINGS, ANIMALS, CUSTOMS, EXPERIMENTS, PHENOMENA, etc., of both Ancient and Modern Times, on all Parts of the GLOBE: comprising Authentic Accounts of the most WONDERFUL FREAKS of NATURE and ARTS of MAN.
BY THE REV. I. PLATTS.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.
PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY LEARY & GETZ. 1854.