02589nam 2200649Ia 450 991045735930332120200520144314.01-282-79613-597866127961351-86189-748-0(CKB)2550000000006696(EBL)480982(OCoLC)681919281(SSID)ssj0000357019(PQKBManifestationID)11266359(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357019(PQKBWorkID)10351426(PQKB)10402313(MiAaPQ)EBC480982(Au-PeEL)EBL480982(CaPaEBR)ebr10430637(EXLCZ)99255000000000669620081022d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBefore disenchantment[electronic resource] images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world /Peter MasonLondon Reaktion20091 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-86189-437-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexImagine 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 plantExotic animalsAnimals in artHistoryExotic plantsPlants in artHistoryNatural history illustrationHistoryElectronic books.Exotic animals.Animals in artHistory.Exotic plants.Plants in artHistory.Natural history illustrationHistory.508.0903022705.94309031Mason Peter1952-993753MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457359303321Before disenchantment2275426UNINA