The Georgian menagerie : exotic animals in eighteenth-century London /: exotic animals in eighteenth-century London. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Plumb.
• Authors: Plumb, Christopher
• Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Prologue Introduction Part I: TRADE 1 'Buy a Fine Singing Bird' 2 'To Be Seen or Sold' 3 The Property Of Part II: INGREDIENTS 4 'Turtle Travels Far' 5 Bear Grease for Your Powdered Wig 6 'The Product of the Civet's Posteriors' Part III: CROWDS 7 Ladies and Gentlemen 8 Bitten, Crushed and Maimed 9 Sweet Camel's Breath 10 Exotic Estates 11 John Bull and 'Happy Britain' 12 Llama's Spit, a Pot of Barclay's Entire, and Elephant Chops 13 Under the Knife Part IV: HUMOUR 14 Electric Desire 15 The Queen's Ass 16 The Love Birds Epilogue Note on Archives Notes Further Reading Index.
• Publisher Details: London [England] New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 590.734215; Menageries -- England -- London -- History; Menageries -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Exotic animals -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Wild animal collecting -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Captive wild animals -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Human-animal relationships -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century; Captive wild animals; Exotic animals; Human-animal relationships; Menageries; Wild animal collecting; England -- London; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857739285
• Related ISBNs: 085773928X; 9781784530846
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.