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Before disenchantment : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world
- Title
- Before disenchantment : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / Peter Mason.
- Author
- Mason, Peter, 1952-
- Publication
- London : Reaktion, 2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 10-2171 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 272 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-2171
- ISBN
- 9781861894373 (hbk.)
- 1861894376 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 262883619
- Author
- Mason, Peter, 1952-
- Title
- Before disenchantment : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / Peter Mason.
- Imprint
- London : Reaktion, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-2171