Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris
(Part of the Animals, History, Culture Series)
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In 1775, a visitor to Laurent Spinacuta's Grande M nagerie at the annual winter fair in Paris would have seen two tigers, several kinds of monkeys, an armadillo, an ocelot, and a condor--in all, forty-two live animals. In Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots, Louise Robbins explains that exotic animals from around the world were common in eighteenth-century Paris. In the streets of the city, residents and visitors could observe performing...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801867533
ISBN13:9780801867538
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.58 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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