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A Brief narrative of a strange and wonderful old woman that hath a pair of horns growing upon her head : giving a true account how they have several times after being shed, grown again : declaring the place of her birth, her education and conversation with the first occasion of their growth, the time of their continuance and where she is now to be seen, viz. at the sign of the Swan near Charing Cross.
Date: 1676
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The true reporte of the forme and shape of a monstrous childe, borne at Muche Horkesleye : a village three myles from Colchester, in the countye of Essex, the .xxi. daye of Apryll in this yeare. 1562.
Date: [1562]
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Bemerkungen über einen monstreusen Canarien-Vogel : aus dessen Unterkiefer ein lang gewundenes Horn gewachsen ; an den Herrn Grafen von Büffon ... mit einer ausgemahlten Kupfertafel.
Schultz, Ernst Christoph.Date: [1780]
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Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614
de Bry, Theodor
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Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings
Abu al-Qasim Firdawsi of Tus
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Strange news from Ireland, or, A true and perfect relation of a famous fish taken at Kingsale : the manner of its taking, and description of its horrible shapes / as it was certified in a letter from one Mr. Robinson, living in Kingsale, (an eye-witness) to Mr. John Davie a relation of his, living in Westminster.
Robinson, Mr.Date: 1677
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Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusDate: [2003], ©2003
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A Siamese Twin
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Virgil and Dante sitting on the back of Geryon to be transported from the 8th to the 7th circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
Bartolomeo PinelliDate: 1825Reference: 661780i
Part of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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A stone-throwing monster with four arms on the banks of the Danube at Budapest. Etching by G.B. Cavalieri, 1585.
Giovanni Battista de'CavalieriDate: 1585]Reference: 653166i
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The "Peruvian harpy": a harpy with two tails, horns, fangs, winged ears, and long wavy hair. Coloured etching.
Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 39924i
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A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
James, Abraham., active 1800-1802.Date: 1 October 1800Reference: 18134i
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A declaration of a strange and wonderfull monster : born in Kirkham parish in Lancashire (the childe of Mrs. Haughton, a Popish gentlewoman) the face of it upon the breast, and without a head (after the mother had wished rather to bear a childe without a head then a Roundhead) and had curst the Parliamnet [sic]. Attested by Mr. Fleetwood, minister of the same parish, under his own hand; and Mrs. Gattaker the mid-wife, and divers other eye-witnesses: whose testimony was brought up by a member of the House of Commons. Appointed to be printed according to order: and desired to be published in all the counties, cities, townes, and parishes in England: being the same copies that were presented to the Parliament.
Date: 1646
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Descriptio monstrorum avium, amphibiorum, piscium quae extant in Museo Univ. Lit. Berol. : eorumque cum monstris mammalium comparatio : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Takol. Chr. Heusner.
Heusner, Takol Christian, 1802-Date: 1824
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A violent storm at sea in which a battered raft is dashed against a rocky promontory inscribed 'Law-liberty-British Constitution'. Lithograph, 1827.
Date: [ca. March 1827]Reference: 603170i
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Specimen medicum inaugurale, continens historiam trium foetuum monstrosorum una cum adnexis animadversionibus ... / eruditorum examini submittit Paulus 's Graeuwen.
's Graeuwen, Paulus.Date: 1802
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...And the meek shall inherit... / Martin Pasko, writer ; Stephen R. Bissette, penciller ; John Totleben, inker.
Martin PaskoDate: [1983]
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The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.
Reference: 24955i
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Isidore Geoffroy Saint-HilaireDate: c. 1830Reference: MS.2501
Part of: Saint-Hilaire, Isidore Geoffroy (1805-1861), French zoologist
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Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...
Date: 1790
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Two figures with abnormalities, one with wings as arms and feathered legs and the other one with a horned head
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The goddess Bellona flanked by two stags; beneath are two gryphons. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.
Étienne DelauneDate: 1500-1599Reference: 25866i
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The true portriture of a prodigious monster : Taken in the mountains of Zardana. the following discription - whereof was sent to Madrid. Octob: 20th. 1654 from thence to Don Olonz de Cardines embassidor for the King of Spain, now resident at London.
Date: 1655
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Monstra animalium duplicia per anatomen indagata : habito respectu ad physiologiam medicinam forensem et artem obstetriciam / descripsit iconibusque illustravit Ioannes Carolus Leopoldus Barkowius.
Hans Karl Leopold BarkowDate: 1828-1836
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Strange newes of a prodigious monster : borne in the towneship of Allington in the parish of Standish in the Countie of Lancaster, the 17. day of Aprill last, 1613. Testified by the reuerend diuine Mr. W. Leigh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word at Standish aforesaid.
Date: 1613

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The true reporte of the forme and shape of a monstrous childe, borne at Muche Horkesleye : a village three myles from Colchester, in the countye of Essex, the .xxi. daye of Apryll in this yeare. 1562.

Bemerkungen über einen monstreusen Canarien-Vogel : aus dessen Unterkiefer ein lang gewundenes Horn gewachsen ; an den Herrn Grafen von Büffon ... mit einer ausgemahlten Kupfertafel.

Monster from De Hermaphroditorum, 1614

Shah Namah, the Persian Epic of the Kings

Making humans : complete texts with introduction, historical contexts, critical essays / edited by Judith Wilt.

A Siamese Twin

Virgil and Dante sitting on the back of Geryon to be transported from the 8th to the 7th circle of Hell. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

A stone-throwing monster with four arms on the banks of the Danube at Budapest. Etching by G.B. Cavalieri, 1585.

The "Peruvian harpy": a harpy with two tails, horns, fangs, winged ears, and long wavy hair. Coloured etching.

A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

Descriptio monstrorum avium, amphibiorum, piscium quae extant in Museo Univ. Lit. Berol. : eorumque cum monstris mammalium comparatio : dissertatio inauguralis medica ... / auctor Takol. Chr. Heusner.

A violent storm at sea in which a battered raft is dashed against a rocky promontory inscribed 'Law-liberty-British Constitution'. Lithograph, 1827.

Specimen medicum inaugurale, continens historiam trium foetuum monstrosorum una cum adnexis animadversionibus ... / eruditorum examini submittit Paulus 's Graeuwen.

...And the meek shall inherit... / Martin Pasko, writer ; Stephen R. Bissette, penciller ; John Totleben, inker.

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse galloping through the clouds. Woodcut, 16th century.

Extracts and references relating to teratology

Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...

Two figures with abnormalities, one with wings as arms and feathered legs and the other one with a horned head

The goddess Bellona flanked by two stags; beneath are two gryphons. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

The true portriture of a prodigious monster : Taken in the mountains of Zardana. the following discription - whereof was sent to Madrid. Octob: 20th. 1654 from thence to Don Olonz de Cardines embassidor for the King of Spain, now resident at London.

Monstra animalium duplicia per anatomen indagata : habito respectu ad physiologiam medicinam forensem et artem obstetriciam / descripsit iconibusque illustravit Ioannes Carolus Leopoldus Barkowius.

Strange newes of a prodigious monster : borne in the towneship of Allington in the parish of Standish in the Countie of Lancaster, the 17. day of Aprill last, 1613. Testified by the reuerend diuine Mr. W. Leigh, Bachelor of Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word at Standish aforesaid.