Description: MYTHICAL CREATURES~Vintage Book Collection~(Box picture for illustration only - NOT SUPPLIED) Some mythical creatures have their origin in traditional mythology and have been believed to be real creatures, for example the dragon, the unicorn, and griffin. Others were based on real encounters, originating in garbled accounts of travellers' tales. Conversely, some creatures downplayed as just storytelling, have been rediscovered and found to be real in recent times, such as the Giant Squid (the Kraken). Often mythical creatures are hybrids, a combination of two or more animals. For example, a centaur is a combination of a man and horse, the minotaur of a man and bull, and the mermaid, half woman and half fish. Throughout history these legendary creatures have often been incorporated into art, heraldry and architectural decoration. Collected together here on one data DVD, we present a rare collection of 24 vintage books concerning mythical creatures and beings. Each book, in PDF format, is a scan of the original pages so you will be reading each exactly as intended. Also includes all of the images from 5 of the finest books in the collection in high resolution JPEG format. Screen shot of the disc menu: Includes the following: Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry - J Vinnycomb (1906) 294 pages, illustrated throughout. Examples: Fortunius Licetus De Monstris - F Liceti (1665) [Latin Language] An examination of mythical “monsters” which also includes human abnormalities (an example of the blurring of lines between science and myth demonstrating how abnormalities of nature were considered to be the work of the supernatural). 368 pages, illustrated throughout. Examples: Les Monstres Dans L'Art; Êtres Humains et Animaux Bas-Reliefs, Rinceaux, Fleurons, etc - E Valton (1905) [French language] A heavily illustrated examination of the history of the use of mythical creatures in art and decoration. 321 pages. Example illustrations: Mythical Monsters - C Gould (1886) 308 pages includes examinations of the Dragon (Chinese & Japanese), the Sea Serpent, the Unicorn and the Phoenix. 93 illustrations. Examples: Wunder, Wundergeburt & Wundergestalt in Einblattdrucken des Fünfzehnten bis Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts; Kulturhistorische Studie - E Holländer (1921) [German Language] The subject matter of this German text includes Monsters, Abnormalities, Medicine; Mystic & Spagiric Magic. 395 pages. Example illustrations: ++PLUS++ALSO INCLUDED ON THE DISC! All 650 of the images featured in the above books in high resolution JPEG format. Various images sizes, resolution of 300dpi: Screen shot example of the image folder for Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: Also includes the following books: British Goblins; Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends & Traditions (1880) 428 pages Eccentricities of the Animal Creation - J Timbs (1869) 370 pages Fairies - GM Faulding (1913) 71 pages Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Volume 1 - S Toriyama (1805) [Japanese language] 26 pages Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Volume 2 - S Toriyama (1805) [Japanese language] 26 pages Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Volume 3 - S Toriyama (1805) [Japanese language] 26 pages Human Animals - F Hamel (1915) 314 pages Monstrorum Historia Memorabilis - J Schenk von Grafenberg (1609) [Latin language]146 pages Myth-Land - F Hulme (1886) 256 pages Natural History, Lore & Legend - F Hulme (1895) 360 pages Prodigiorvm Ac Ostentorvm Chronicon - K Lykosthenes (1557) [Latin laguage] 683 pages Sea Monsters Unmasked & Sea Fables Explained - H Lee (1883) 246 pages The Banshee - E O'Donnell (1920) 255 pages The Chinese Dragon - L Newton Hayes (1923) 85 pages The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition - CT Stewart (1909) 41 pages The Piasa, or, The Devil Among the Indians - P Armstrong (1887) 52 pages The Unicorn; A Mythological Investigation - R Brown (1881) 108 pages Un-Natural History, or Myths of Ancient Science - E Goldsmid (1886) 278 pages Zoological Mythology; Or The Legends of Animals - A De Gubernatis (1872) 452 pages Some illustrated volumes amongst these texts. Examples: ~ABOUT THE DVD~These are ELECTRONIC BOOKS. You will receive 1 x standard data DVD-R disc (DVD-Rom) containing 24 pdf e-books plus 650 jpeg images as stated above. The books are in pdf format which means that you will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to read them. If you dont have this, you can download it FREE from the Adobe website. If you don't understand this, please contact me prior to purchase. This is a data DVD for computer use only (requires DVD-Rom drive). It WILL NOT WORK in a CD-Rom drive, an audio CD player or the DVD player connected to your TV. *MAC USERS* This disc has an auto-run menu feature which may be incompatible with Mac computers. I cannot guarantee that the menu feature will function on any Mac computer or that a disc including this feature will function in any way on a Mac. If you would like a disc without the menu feature I can provide this (menu is for cosmetic purposes only - content will be identical), please leave a note with your purchase. If in doubt, please contact me prior to purchase. 'Software Box' pictured is for illustration purposes only, not representative of actual packaging. NO SOFTWARE BOX IS SUPPLIED. NOTICE FOR EBAY SELLERS THIS COMPILATION AND THE TEXT AND IMAGES IN THIS LISTING ARE © PHOENIX E-BOOKS UK. NO RESALE OF THIS DISC IS PERMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BE SURE TO check out my other items! NOTE TO EBAY STAFF: No copyrights are infringed in this CD/DVD Rom product. All material contained on the discs as described above is in the public domain and free from copyright.
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Location: Manchester, Greater Manchester
End Time: 2025-01-30T21:09:56.000Z
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Non-Fiction Subject: Cryptozoology, Mythical Animals, Abnormalities
Condition: New Disc
Format: DVD-Rom
Subject: Mythical Creatures
Sub-Subject: Mythology, Cryptozoology, Animal, Abnormalities
Language: English
