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The History of Exotic Animals in England
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Artikel-Nr:
9780198714712
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.07.2018
Seiten:
368
Autor:
Caroline Grigson
Gewicht:
458 g
Format:
213x135x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
A zoologist, formerly a curator in the Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons, Caroline Grigson is now an honorary professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. The subjects of her numerous publications range from prehistoric animal husbandry to the study of natural history and its relationship to art in eighteenth-century London.
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
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