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TAXIDERMY AND THE COUNTRY HOUSE: Where natural history meets social history. By P.A. Morris.
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MPM Publishing. Ascot, Berkshire. 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739716116
ISBN 13: 9781739716110
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2023). 2023 1st edition. 4to paperback (210 x 280mm). Pp284. Colour photographs & illustrations throughout, b/w photographs, bibliography. Fine new copy. Many country houses featured natural curiosities, gathered over several generations, and they often included taxidermy, mainly in the form of stuffed birds, sporting trophies and souvenirs of big game hunting in the Empire. The remaining collections represent an important aspect of the story of British natural history, as well as a record of how landowners and wealthy families interacted with wildlife and the countryside in the past, as a normal part of their every-day life. What little remains is slowly becoming better understood, both as an aspect of our social history and as a legitimate art form, allowing present-day visitors to better appreciate what country houses have and what they see. . Seller Inventory # 59882
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Taxidermy and the country house
Published by
MPM Publishing, Ascot, 2023
ISBN 10: 1739716116
ISBN 13: 9781739716110
New
Paper covers
First Edition
Seller: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, FLINT, United Kingdom
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Paper covers. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st edition. A very interesting account of the role played by taxidermy in a country house context, and a vigorous defence of it as an art form. 284 pp., c. 500 ill. Weight: 1.5 Language: English. Seller Inventory # 37616