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Autore |
Mason Peter <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Before disenchantment [[electronic resource] ] : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / / Peter Mason |
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ISBN |
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1-282-79613-5 |
9786612796135 |
1-86189-748-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Exotic animals |
Animals in art - History |
Exotic plants |
Plants in art - History |
Natural history illustration - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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