In September 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to seventeen rabbits in Godalming, Surrey. The case caused a sensation and was reported widely in newspapers, popular pamphlets, poems and caricatures.
J. L. Heilbron introduces Francesco Bianchini, reputed to be the greatest Italian of his time, whose life embodied the extraordinary meeting of science, culture, history, and politics in early modern Europe.
Samuel H. Greenblatt providing an in-depth analysis of Jackson's work within the professional, social, and intellectual contexts of his Victorian milieu in this fascinating biography.
