Natural ? History & "The devil’s arse”
Like, Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarun, Grew’s Catalogue of the Royal society and Brown’s Pseudo Epidemica, Leigh’ Natural History, is a conglomeration of current scientific knowledge, misinterpretation, ridiculous lore and my favorite, outlandish impossible tales. Leigh’s book has one more thing going for it is the extremely crisp and clear engravings. Unlike the others it also has as subject…










