Fascinating fossils from Protogaea, an 18th-century book about natural history by Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz. The book is filled with ideas about the formation of the earth, from the actions of fire and water to the genesis of rocks and minerals and the formation of fossils. It also includes a few beautiful prints depicting the remains of animals—in particular, the famous reconstruction of a “fossil unicorn.”
Don’t know about you guys but all we saw were the words FOSSIL UNICORN












