Wonders and Rarities – The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos - Travis Zadeh

“Like al-Qazwini himself, Travis Zadeh has written a deliciously baggy tome, full of delights and diversions in its tour of the cosmic horizons. This is a book to get lost in, whether one wants to or not.” —Nile Green, Los Angeles Review of Books “As Zadeh concludes, reformers and modernists have closed the rich and varied archive revealed in Wonders and Rarities…In this beautifully written and engaging text, Zadeh takes his readers back to the world of surprise and enchantment that preceded... Zobrazit více