Author: Ingersoll, Ernest.
Title: DRAGONS and Dragon Lore. With an Introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn.
Description: Payson & Clarke Ltd., 1928. 1st Ed. 203pp. Frontis., ills. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, light age toning, original cloth backed dec. boards, lettering faded to lightly rubbed spine, minor wear. ¶ ‘Dragons and Dragon Lore is a remarkably complete compilation of primary source material- quotes and tales spanning centuries of time and a dozen cultures, on the topic of everything draconic. From the Hindu nagas to the tale of St. George, to the various categories of dragons in Chinese and Japanese mythology, this text was, for its era, about as complete a work as could be made. While written from a rationalists' perspective, nine parts skepticism to one part appreciation for the biological overlap of the subject, it nonetheless relates enough tales taken literally in their time to be of significance within cryptozoology, not just folklore itself.’

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY; FOLKLORE AND MYSTICISM


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