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Before disenchantment : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / Peter Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Peter, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exotic animals.
- Animals in art--History.
- Animals in art.
- Exotic plants.
- Plants in art--History.
- Plants in art.
- Natural history illustration--History.
- Natural history illustration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Imagine barnacle geese-creatures that begin life as leaves on a tree growing above water, but turn into small birds as soon as they fall in. Or the Lamb of Tartary that gestates inside a large gourd-like fruit. These are just some of the animal and plant
- Contents:
- Before Disenchantment Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1: Marvels of the Canaries; 2: Birds that Grow on Trees; 3: Hybrids, Prodigies and Monstrous Races; 4: Americana in the Exoticorum libri decem of Charles de l'Écluse; 5: Americana in the Enterprise of the Accademia dei Lincei, Rome; 6: The Camel-sheep; 7: The Sloth Proceeds; Epilogue; References; Acknowledgements; Photo acknowledgements; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612796135
- 9781282796133
- 1282796135
- 9781861897480
- 1861897480
- OCLC:
- 681919281
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