Excerpt from Insect Dreams by Marc Estrin, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Gregor’s first book, chosen right from Amadeus Ernst Hoffnung’s glass-enclosed bookcase, was Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim’s Zoognosia: Tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chiurgicae Mosquensis, an immense leather-bound volume, with tables and illustrations of every known species of animal. He wanted to make sure he had something unique to offer.

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