Before disenchantment [[electronic resource] ] : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world / / Peter Mason

• Autore: Mason Peter <1952->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.0903022; 705.94309031
• Soggetto topico: Exotic animals; Animals in art - History; Exotic plants; Plants in art - History; Natural history illustration - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Before disenchantment
• ISBN: 1-282-79613-5; 9786612796135; 1-86189-748-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781075803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II