The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black
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Book Overview
Discover a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon's lost codex and his macabre quest to prove a controversial hypothesis by any means necessary in this dark fantasy book. Part stunning coffee table art book, part fictional biography, this gaslamp bestiary features grotesquely detailed anatomical illustrations and a chilling horror novella. "Disturbingly lovely . . . a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature."--Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus The Resurrectionist offers two extraordinary books in one. The first part is a chilling fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his childhood spent exhuming corpses through his medical training, his travels with carnivals, his cruel and crazed experiments, and, finally, his mysterious disappearance. The second part is Black's magnum opus: The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy for mythological beasts, all rendered in meticulously detailed anatomical illustrations.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1594746168
ISBN13:9781594746161
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Quirk Books
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.81 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.9" x 10.6"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Amazing art
Published by Jac , 3 years ago
I loved everything about this book
The Resurrectionist is intriguing and disturbing.
Published by Caz , 4 years ago
Showed up quickly, as new. Loved the author's writing style and voice. Perfect for fans of classic horror/science fiction
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