10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIGANTOLOGY»
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gigantology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities
The Decline of Gigantology After the publication of Sir Hans Sloane's paper,
traditional gigantology went into a steady decline during the rest of the eighteenth
century. But its supporters did not give up easily. The Jesuits had always been ...
2
The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin].
Chemistry, Natural History, Astrology, Sorcery, Gigantology. Probably not more
than 100 volumes. The word 'Gigantology,' first introduced by Mr. Paterson, I
believe, into the English language, was used by the French more than two
centuries ...
Philosophy, Mathematics, Inventions, ,Agriculture and Horticulture, Medi. cine,
Cookery, Surgery, ($0. Two hundred and forty articles, or about 560 volumes. 6.
Chemistry, Natural History, Astrology, Sorcery, Gigantology. PROBABLY not
more ...
4
The World Before the Deluge
The books, in fact, which exist formed a voluminous literature in the middle ages
— entitled Gigantology. All the facts, more or less real, true or imaginative, may
be explained by the accidental discovery of the bones of some of these gigantic ...
Louis Figuier, Henry William Bristow, 1867
5
Bibliomania, or book madness: a bibliographical romance ...
Chemistry, Natural History, Astrology, Sorcery, Gigantology. Probably not more
than 100 volumes. The word “ Gigantology,“ first introduced by Mr. Paterson, I
believe, into the English language, wasused by the French more than two
centuries ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1842
6
The world before the deluge, tr. from the 4th Fr. ed. [by ...
The books, in fact, which exist, formed a voluminous literature in the middle ages
— entitled Gigantology. All the facts, more or less real, true or imaginative, may
be explained by the accidental discovery of the bones of some of these gigantic ...
Louis Guillaume Figuier, Henry William Bristow, 1872
7
Bibliomania: or, Book-madness; a bibliographical romance. ...
Chemistry, Natural History, Astrology, Sorcery, Gigantology. Probably not more
than 100 volumes. The word " Gigantology," first introduced by Mr. Paterson, I
believe, into the English language, was used by the French more than two
centuries ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1842
8
The Director: A Weekly Literary Journal: Containing I. ...
5. Philosophy, Mathematics, Inventions, Agriculture and Horticulture, Medicine,
Cookery, Surgery, fyc. Two hundred and forty articles, or about 5CO volumes. 6.
Chemistry, Natural History, Astrology, Sorcery, Gigantology. PROBABLY not
more ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Frognall, 1807
9
Paracelsian Moments: Science, Medicine, & Astrology in Early ...
These preferences bring them into (un)easy association with early modern
demonology, a fact that accounts for Praetorius's insistent efforts to disassociate
his giant from the satanic. Scientific support for the topography of gigantology is ...
Gerhild Scholz Williams, Charles D. Gunnoe, 2002
10
Bibliomania, Or, Book Madness ; a Bibliographical Romance, ...
The word ' Gigantology,' first introduced by Mr. Paterson, I believe, into the
English language, was used by the French more than two centuries ago. See no.
2198 in the catalogue. 7. History and Antiquities. This comprehended a great
number ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin, 1811
