Justin Marozzi

Here be dragons, dog-headed men and women growing on trees

Zakariyya Qazwimi’s book celebrating the oddities of existence, published c. 1262, enchanted readers across continents for many centuries

An illustration from Qazwini’s Wonders and Rarities. [Alamy]
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  • Wonders and Rarities: The Marvellous Book That Travelled the World and Mapped the Cosmos

    Travis Zadeh

    Harvard, pp. 465, £31

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