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Before Disenchantment: Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World
Before Disenchantment Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World
Author: Peter Mason
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 hybrids imagined by early modern explorers and artists to describe unfamiliar flora and fau...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861894373
ISBN-10: 1861894376
Publication Date: 9/15/2009
Pages: 272
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Reaktion Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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