Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: xvi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780198714712
- 590.942 GRI
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-318) and indexes.
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.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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