The Curiosities of Food: Or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom Education Theory and Erik Larson tells it

and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly

and a reproduction of the 1863 handwritten draft of the Emancipation Proclamation

An word-play alphabet book features such famous ants as Rembrant and Santa Claus thinking up fantastic

Lordsburg and Shakespeare

The Curiosities of Food: Or the Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom Education Theory and Erik Larson tells itOriginally published in London in 1859, this rare treasure of culinary history was recently brought to light in the award winning Oxford Companion to Food, whose author, Alan Davidson, used it as a primary reference in researching some of the more obscure foodstuffs consumed across the globe. Davidson writes that "[CURIOSITIES] is in all probability the first attempt to write a general worldwide survey of animal products." Long out of print and scarce