Monsterology reviewed by Philip Ardagh
The conceit of the book is that it's a facsimile of one published in 1904 but - to my untrained eye at least - the illustrations of the fantastical beasts themselves do nothing to evoke the period. Whereas Pirateology looks wonderfully piratey whatever page you open it at, and Egyptology looks all things Egyptian and archaeological, Monsterology is neither one thing nor the other; and certainly not Edwardian. It's a fun book on a fun subject, but in a series where production values are extremely high, it's certainly not one of the finest...
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