"The Naturalist's Guide to Mysterious Animals" Author: [France] Jean-Baptiste de Panafieux / [France] Camille Jeanvisard Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

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【Editor's recommendation】

★ Produced by one of the most bizarre and strange shops in the world [DEYROLLE Taxidermy Shop]. DEYROLLE was founded in 1831 and is the only one of its kind in Europe. It enjoys a high reputation and is dedicated to collecting animal and fossil specimens and publishing popular science books.

★When illusion becomes reality, reality becomes illusion. Reality: Each animal has its origin, and the historical materials are well researched; Illusion: The imagination is overflowing, restoring the lifelike appearance of the mysterious animals, and inferring how they reproduce, grow, hunt, build nests, in which area they live, what species they have, and what skills they have based on the literature. Large original hand-painted animal anatomy pictures show the skeleton, muscles, internal organs, horns, claws, feathers, and even whiskers and feces of the mysterious animals, which makes people's imagination wander between truth and falsehood, until people think that they seem to exist, or even do exist.

★ Covers mythological animals from all over the world. More than 40 mysterious animals, over 100 subspecies, classified by dragons and snakes, quadrupeds, winged beasts, sea beasts, half-human beasts, hybrid beasts, covering all monsters in world mythology such as Norse mythology, Greek mythology, African mythology, and Eastern mythology.

★Griffins, tauren, orcs, dwarves... these are the prototypes of many characters in games, movies and TV series such as "World of Warcraft" and "The Lord of the Rings". They are not only a curiosity, but also a window to understand the world's fantasy culture.

★Visual feast. Extra large format [255*370, 8-mo], full color, large hand-drawn illustrations, hardcover.

【Content Introduction】

You have seen dragons breathe fire, but do you know why and how they can breathe fire? You know unicorns have horns, but do you know which direction the spirals on their horns are spinning? Do mermaids breathe with gills? ... This book will take you into the world of mysterious animals and answer these puzzles... The illustrations in this book are in the form of scientific atlases, which not only show the full picture of the animals, but also their internal structures. Whether you are a crazy lover of the mythological world or like to appreciate beauty and poetry, you should not miss this good book that combines popular science and culture!

About the Author
【About the author】

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Jean-Baptiste de Panafieux is a popular science writer, professor of natural sciences, and doctor of marine biology. He produces popular science documentaries for television stations and is a scientific consultant for scientific expedition projects. He has written more than 50 books on nature and science, including "Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals" and "The Great Adventure of Evolution". His most recent book introduced to China is called "Evolution".

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Camille Jeanvisard, a painter, has been longing for mystery and adventure since childhood. He graduated from the famous Emile Coeur Academy of Fine Arts in Lyon and is full of curiosity about the world of mythology. He holds a pencil and a paintbrush to present the scales, armor and feathers in mythology and folklore, looking for these things in every corner of his mind.

He has created illustrations for books such as "Illustrated Book of Mythological Plants", "Dragons and Fire-Breathing Monsters", and "Sea Monsters".

Translator’s Profile

Fan Yanmei holds a PhD in French Language and Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris and Nanjing University, and is a teacher at the School of Foreign Languages, Cultures and International Communication at Zhejiang University. She is a senior French translator who has lived in France for many years. She is passionate about Western fantasy stories and elves, and has studied Western culture and myths and legends from various countries.