IF YOU HAD been walking down the rue Dauphine in central Paris in mid-January 1771, you would have encountered a large crowd of people clustered on the street.
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Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots
Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Paris (Animals, History, Culture)
by Louise E. Robbins
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"In 1775 a visitor to Laurent Spinacuta's Grande Menagerie 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 E. 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 elephants and a fighting polar bear.
Those looking for unusual pets could purchase parrots, flying squirrels, and capuchin monkeys. The royal menagerie at Versailles displayed lions, cranes, an elephant, a rhinoceros, and a zebra, which in 1760 became a major court attraction."--BOOK JACKET.
Publish Date
January 2, 2002
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The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
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368
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