Gardens of earthly delight : the history of deer parks / by John Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, John, 1946-

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deer hunting--Great Britain--History.

Deer hunting.

Deer farming--Great Britain--History.

Deer farming.

Parks--Great Britain--History.

Parks.

Game reserves--Great Britain--History.

Game reserves.

Wildlife management areas--Great Britain--History.

Wildlife management areas.

Deer--Great Britain.

Deer.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Windgather Press, [2011]

Summary:

Fletcher, a specialist deer veterinarian, recounts the history of deer parks and their relationship with humans. He relates when and where these parks started, why people kept deer and why they stopped, why there were so many parks, why they became battlegrounds for poachers, why Britain had so many, and what they were for. He explores the historical importance and prestigious status of hunting and the provision of venison; the origins of hunting reserves and their development; the prohibition of selling venison in England and the US; the importance of rulers being seen to hunt in Chinese parks; hunts in Asia, Persia, and Germany; how deer were fed, transported, enclosed, captured, housed, and hunted; and how parks evolved from the Tudor era to the twenty-first century. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [268]-276) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1905119364

9781905119363

OCLC:

642845325

Publisher Number:

99947455687