ISBN:
9780198714712
,
9780198714705
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 349 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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24 cm
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
590.942
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Exotic animals History
;
England
;
Menageries History
;
England
;
Menageries History
;
Exotic animals History
;
Captive wild animals History
;
Wild animal collecting History
;
Animals, Exotic
;
Zoologischer Garten
;
Exotische Tiere
;
Menagerie
;
England
;
England
;
Exotische Tiere
;
Menagerie
;
Geschichte 1100-1837
;
England
;
Exotische Tiere
;
Menagerie
;
Geschichte 1100-1837
;
England
;
Exotische Tiere
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte 1100-1837
Abstract:
"The story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo and beyond - a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and, on occasion, the downright bizarre"--
Abstract:
Foreword / by Juliet Clutton-Brock -- The Normans to the Tudors -- The Stuarts, 1603-1688 -- William and Mary to George II, 1688-c.1760 -- George III, c.1760-1811 -- George IV as Regent and King, c.1811-1830 -- William IV, c.1830-1837 -- Conclusions
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