Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.

  • Grigson, Caroline, 1935-
Date:
2016
  • Books

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Description

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.

Publication/Creation

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Physical description

xvi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-318) and indexes.

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Where to find it

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    M23306

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ISBN

  • 9780198714705
  • 019871470X