A history of taxidermy : art, science and bad taste / P.A. Morris.

  • Morris, Pat, 1943-
Date:
2010
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Publication/Creation

Ascot, Berkshire : MPM Pub. : P.A. Morris, 2010.

Physical description

396 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-388) and index.

Contents

Taxidermy : origins and arsenic -- The development of bird taxidermy -- The development of mammal taxidermy -- Other taxidermy -- The local taxidermist and his sources -- The local taxidermist's business -- A taxidermist's products and customers -- Museums and the gentleman collectors -- The big three British taxidermists -- Meanwhile in America- -- The taxidermy literature : a commentary -- Changing attitudes and taxidermy today.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9780956487308
  • 0956487300
  • 9780956487315
  • 0956487319