Philadelphia. "
The Resurrectionist" tells his story..
You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman.
The second book is Black's magnum opus: "
The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy" for mythological beasts - dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus - all rendered in meticulously detailed black-and-white anatomical illustrations.
Spencer Black, from his humble beginnings to the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life.
The first is a fictional biography of Dr.
Black studied at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts - mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs - were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind? "
The Resurrectionist" offers two extraordinary books in one.
The son of a "resurrectionist" (aka grave robber), Dr.
Spencer Black.
Home to the famous anatomist and surgeon Dr.
A city of cobblestone sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages.
The late 1870s.
Philadelphia
