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Menagerie : The History of Exotic Animals in England by Caroline Grigson (2018, Trade Paperback)

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But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. Author Caroline Grigson. A tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarre. Format Paperback.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198714718

ISBN-139780198714712

eBay Product ID (ePID)241005064

Product Key Features

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMenagerie : the History of Exotic Animals in England

Publication Year2018

SubjectEurope / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, History

AuthorCaroline Grigson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-941386

ReviewsCombining a zoologist's knowhow with an historian's tenacity for detail, Caroline Grigson has scoured archives to produce a comprehensive study of animal collections in England from earliest times until the founding of London Zoo in 1828. From archaeological finds to illuminated bibles, auction catalogues to court cases and even a 1705 gravestone commemorating the first woman killed by a tiger it is a story replete with as much comedy as tragedy, peopled bynaturalists, aristocrats and showmen who were often as strange as the animals they collected ... Filled with lively anecdote and scholarly commentary, Grigsons book is a delightful guide to our long national obsession with wildlife.

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal590.942

Table Of ContentList of PlatesList of FiguresForeword1. The Normans to the Tudors2. The Stuarts, 1603-16883. William and Mary to George II, 1688-c.17604. George III, c.1760-18115. George IV as Regent and King, c.1811-18306. William IV, c.1830-18377. ConclusionsGlossaryNotesReferencesPicture CreditsIndex of AnimalsGeneral Index

SynopsisMenagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo -- a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarre.From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host of fascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra -- which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a craving for novelty., Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo--a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and--on occasion--the downright bizarre. From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host of fascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra--which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a craving for novelty., Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo - a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and - on occasion - the downright bizarre.From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host of fascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra - which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a craving for novelty., This is the story of exotic animals in Britain through the centuries-from Norman times to the foundation of the london zoo and beyond. From Henry III's Elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first Giraffe, it is a fascinating chronicle embracing the extravacant, the eccentric, and-on occasion-the downright bizarre. Book jacket., The story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo. A tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarre

LC Classification NumberQL73.A1