Before Disenchantment: Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World by Peter Mason

Before Disenchantment: Images of Exotic Animals and Plants in the Early Modern World

Peter Mason

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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 a...

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