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VISIT TO THE MENAGERIE was published originally between 1888 and 1894 by McLoughlin Brothers, New York, New York.
Author : McLoughlin McLoughlin Brothers
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781429081221
VISIT TO THE MENAGERIE was published originally between 1888 and 1894 by McLoughlin Brothers, New York, New York.
Author : Bonnie Young
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Art, Medieval
ISBN : 0870992031
An illustrated tour of The Cloisters, presenting hidden treasures and details of the collection that might be missed by the casual visitor.
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Page : 34 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 1849
Category : Animals
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Animals
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An American natural history primer for children which includes a couple of Australian marsupials.
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 15,88 MB
Release : 1838
Category : Animals
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Author : Caroline Grigson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0191024112
Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo — a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and — on occasion — the downright bizarre. From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love affair with Britain's first giraffe and Lady Castlereagh's recalcitrant ostriches, Caroline Grigson's tour through the centuries amounts to the first detailed history of exotic animals in Britain. On the way we encounter a host of fascinating and outlandish creatures, including the first peacocks and popinjays, Thomas More's monkey, James I's cassowaries in St James's Park, and Lord Clive's zebra — which refused to mate with a donkey, until the donkey was painted with stripes. But this is not just the story of the animals themselves. It also the story of all those who came into contact with them: the people who owned them, the merchants who bought and sold them, the seamen who carried them to our shores, the naturalists who wrote about them, the artists who painted them, the itinerant showmen who worked with them, the collectors who collected them. And last but not least, it is about all those who simply came to see and wonder at them, from kings, queens, and nobles to ordinary men, women, and children, often impelled by no more than simple curiosity and a craving for novelty.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 1849
Category : Animals
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Author : John Frost
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Page : 150 pages
File Size : 32,22 MB
Release : 1845
Category : Animals
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Author : Rachel Vincent
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1760379409
From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a richly imagined, provocative new series set in the dark mythology of the Menagerie... When Delilah Marlow visits a famous traveling carnival, Metzger's Menagerie, she is an ordinary woman in a not–quite–ordinary world. But under the macabre circus black–top, she discovers a fierce, sharp–clawed creature lurking just beneath her human veneer. Captured and put on exhibition, Delilah is stripped of her worldly possessions, including her own name, as she's forced to “perform” in town after town. But there is breathtaking beauty behind the seamy and grotesque reality of the carnival. Gallagher, her handler, is as kind as he is cryptic and strong. The other “attractions”–mermaids, minotaurs, gryphons and kelpies–are strange, yes, but they share a bond forged by the brutal realities of captivity. And as Delilah struggles for her freedom, and for her fellow menagerie, she'll discover a strength and a purpose she never knew existed. Renowned author Rachel Vincent weaves an intoxicating blend of carnival magic and startling humanity in this intricately woven and powerful tale.
Author : McLoughlin Bros., inc
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Page : 14 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 188?
Category : Circus
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