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The Book of Curiosities

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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.

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