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Manuscript containing illustrations of strange beasts and men, women and children.
Anonymous
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The work identified as 'Italian MS 63' appears to be a unique, anonymous 18th-century manuscript rather than a published literary work. Extensive searches across major scholarly catalogs, the Library of Congress, and digital archives yielded no evidence of any English translation, nor any evidence that this specific manuscript has been published or translated. Given its nature as a singular manuscript, it is highly probable that no English translation exists.
Verified Mar 31, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, loc · methodology
This anonymous manuscript documents three centuries of biological anomalies witnessed across Europe. It reveals how early modern observers struggled to categorize beings that defied the natural order.