The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London /

"In the eighteenth century, it would not have been impossible to encounter an elephant or a kangaroo making its way down the Strand, heading towards the menagerie of Mr. Pidcock at the Exeter Change. Pidcock's was just one of a number of commercial menagerists who plied their trade in Lond...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plumb, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, & Co. Ltd, 2015.
Temas:
1700-1799
Menageries > England > London > History > 18th century.
Exotic animals > England > London > History > 18th century.
Wild animal collecting > England > London > History > 18th century.
Captive wild animals > England > London > History > 18th century.
Human-animal relationships > England > London > History > 18th century.
Ménageries > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Animaux exotiques > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Animaux sauvages > Capture > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Animaux sauvages en captivité > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Relations homme-animal > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Social & cultural history.
NATURE > Animals > General.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Wild animal collecting
Human-animal relationships
Exotic animals
Captive wild animals
Menageries
England > London
History
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  • Part I. Trade. 1. 'Buy a fine singing bird' ; 2. ' To be seen or sold' ; 3. The property of ...
  • Part II. Ingredients. 4. 'Turtle travels far' ; 5. Bear grease for your powdered wig ; 6. 'The product of the civet's posteriors'
  • Part III. Crowds. 7. Ladies and gentlemen ; 8. Bitten, crushed and maimed ; 9. Sweet camel's breath ; 10. Exotic estates ; 11. John Bull and 'happy Britain' ; 12. Llama's spit, a pot of Barclay's entire and elephant chops ; 13. Under the knife
  • Part IV. Humour. 14. Electric desire ; 15. The Queen's ass ; 16. The love birds.

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