The Medici Giraffe: And Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power
by Belozerskaya, Marina
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316525650
- ISBN 13
- 9780316525657
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2006. xv, 414 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. CONTENTS: Elephants for a kingdom; Controlling nature in the Roman arena; How a giraffe turned a merchant into a prince; Human animals in the new world and the old; Rudolf II's empire of knowledge; The black swans of Malmaison; Beyond private delight; Little people in furry suits.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402) and index.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200278
- Title
- The Medici Giraffe: And Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power
- Author
- Belozerskaya, Marina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0316525650
- ISBN 13
- 9780316525657
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / Italian; European / 4. Renaissance; XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Genre & Subject / Animals;
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