Tom Broman introduced me to the Enlightenment, put up with my stubbornness, and helped me find out what it was I wanted to write. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, I thank especially the faculty who guided me in creating its initial incarnation as a dissertation for the Department of the History of Science. . Elephant (éléphant), from Histoire naturelle () . “Vive la liberté!” . Provisional menagerie at Jardin des plantes () . Mating elephants, from Houel, Histoire naturelle des deux éléphans () įrom the first idea to the last comma, many people had a part in the production of this book. . Elephant-human hybrids, from Restif de la Bretonne, La découverte australe () . “The Gévaudan beast devouring a woman” . White-faced capuchin monkey (saï à gorge blanche), from Histoire naturelle () . “Unexpected fire in the modern hairdo of Mme Rise-tothe-sky” . “The modish monkey” . Trumpeter (agami), from Histoire naturelle () . Buffon . Mme Louise, Louis XV’s daughter, with a showy parrot, painting by Adelaide Labille-Guiard () . Conversational parrot
. Oiseleurs releasing birds for Charles VII’s entry into Paris . Panther at the Versailles menagerie () . Ostrich Hunt, painting by Charles Vanloo () . Pair of zebras, from Histoire naturelle () . Quagga, from Histoire naturelle () . Head and penis of the Versailles rhinoceros, drawing by Petrus Camper () . Wild “leopard” in a fair booth, illustration by Jean-Baptiste Oudry . Performing monkey in a fair booth, illustration by Jean-Baptiste Oudry . Lion-tailed macaque (ouanderou), from Histoire naturelle () . Poster for Paris animal fights () . African Lion Being Attacked by Dogs, painting by Jean-Jacques Bachelier () . Black wolf (loup noir), from Histoire naturelle () . Bronze and ormolu rhinoceros clock (ca. . Drawing a bird, frontispiece from Sonnerat, Voyage à la Nouvelle Guinée () . The Versailles menagerie: a, front view b, aerial plan . Some overseas destinations for French eighteenth-century traders and explorers . Number of ships per year arriving in Marseille from the Antilles Exotic animals-France-Paris-History-th century. Human-animal relationships-France-Paris-History-th century. Wild animals as pets-France-Paris-History-th century. (Animals, history, culture) Includes bibliographical references (p.
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