1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006281460403321

Titolo

COMMISSION de recours des refugies siegeant a Paris au Palis Royal. Jurisprudence de la Commission de recours... / preface de Rene' Cassin ; introduction de Andre' Heilbronner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Libraire Dalloz, 1961

Descrizione fisica

XLVI,, 133 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

325.21

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

X H 80

Lingua di pubblicazione

Non definito

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816085003321

Autore

Scribner Vaughn

Titolo

Merpeople : a human history / / Vaughn Scribner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, United Kingdom : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2020

ISBN

1-78914-313-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Mermaids

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Medieval monsters -- New worlds, new wonders -- Enlightened experiments -- Freakshows and fantasies -- Modern mermaids -- Into global waters -- Conclusion: Tail-ending.

Sommario/riassunto

"Humans have been fascinated by merpeople since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer's Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and the film Splash (1984), myths, stories, and legends of



half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces the long history of mermaids and mermen, taking in a wide variety of sources and using 117 striking images. From film to philosophy, church halls to coffee houses, ancient myth to modern science, Scribner shows that mermaids are--and always have been--everywhere."--book jacket.