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Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grigson, Caroline, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Menageries--England--History.
- Menageries.
- Exotic animals--England--History.
- Exotic animals.
- Captive wild animals--England--History.
- Captive wild animals.
- Wild animal collecting--England--History.
- Wild animal collecting.
- History.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-318) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780198714705
- 019871470X
- OCLC:
- 909326395
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