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