01357nam 2200373 n 450 99639152050331620221108045928.0(CKB)1000000000666136(EEBO)2248588207(UnM)99843237(EXLCZ)99100000000066613619910703d1603 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|Basilikon dōron. Or His Maiesties instructions to his dearest sonne, Henry the prince[electronic resource]At London Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, for Iohn Norton, according to the copie printed at Edenburgh1603[22], 105, [1] pBy James I, King of England.First two words of title in Greek characters.Reproduction of the original in the British Library.eebo-0216Education of princesEarly works to 1800Kings and rulersDutiesEarly works to 1800Education of princesKings and rulersDutiesJamesKing of England,1566-1625.1001019Cu-RivESCu-RivESCStRLINWaOLNBOOK996391520503316Basilikon dōron. Or His Maiesties instructions to his dearest sonne, Henry the prince2302130UNISA01812nam 2200397 450 991081608500332120201124155220.01-78914-313-6(CKB)4100000011358439(MiAaPQ)EBC6269582(EXLCZ)99410000001135843920201124d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMerpeople a human history /Vaughn ScribnerLondon, United Kingdom :Reaktion Books, Limited,2020.1 online resource (321 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.1-78914-314-4 Includes bibliographical references.Medieval monsters -- New worlds, new wonders -- Enlightened experiments -- Freakshows and fantasies -- Modern mermaids -- Into global waters -- Conclusion: Tail-ending."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.MermaidsMermaids.398.2Scribner Vaughn1604482MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816085003321Merpeople3929342UNINA