LEADER 02556nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910828340803321 005 20230721005815.0 010 $a1-282-79613-5 010 $a9786612796135 010 $a1-86189-748-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006696 035 $a(EBL)480982 035 $a(OCoLC)681919281 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357019 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11266359 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357019 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351426 035 $a(PQKB)10402313 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC480982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL480982 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430637 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006696 100 $a20081022d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore disenchantment$b[electronic resource] $eimages of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world /$fPeter Mason 210 $aLondon $cReaktion$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-86189-437-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBefore 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'E?cluse; 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 330 $aImagine 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 606 $aExotic animals 606 $aAnimals in art$xHistory 606 $aExotic plants 606 $aPlants in art$xHistory 606 $aNatural history illustration$xHistory 615 0$aExotic animals. 615 0$aAnimals in art$xHistory. 615 0$aExotic plants. 615 0$aPlants in art$xHistory. 615 0$aNatural history illustration$xHistory. 676 $a508.0903022 676 $a705.94309031 700 $aMason$b Peter$f1952-$01655874 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828340803321 996 $aBefore disenchantment$94027527 997 $aUNINA