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The book of legendary lands
- Title
- The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.
- Author
- Eco, Umberto
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-4254 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McEwen, Alastair
- Description
- 477 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- "A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages"--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Storia delle terre e dei luoghi leggendari. English
- Alternative Title
- Storia delle terre e dei luoghi leggendari.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- The flat earth and the antipodes -- Biblical lands -- The lands of Homer and the seven wonders -- The wonders of the East, from Alexander to Prester John -- The Earthly Paradise, the Isles of the Blessed, and El Dorado -- Atlantis, Mu, and Lemuria -- Ultima Thule and Hyperborea -- The migrations of the grail -- Alamüt, the Old Man of the Mountain, and the Assassins -- The Land of Cockaigne -- The Islands of Utopia -- The Island of Solomon and the Austral Land -- The interior of the Earth, the Polar myth, and Agartha -- The invention of Rennes-le-Château -- Fictional places and their truth.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-4254
- ISBN
- 9780847841219
- 0847841219
- LCCN
- 2013936600
- OCLC
- 832278728
- Author
- Eco, Umberto, author.
- Title
- The book of legendary lands / Umberto Eco ; translated by Alastair McEwen.
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Added Author
- McEwen, Alastair, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-4254