A history of taxidermy
Subtitle: art, science and bad taste
By: P.A. Morris
Publisher: MPM Pub.; P.A. Morris
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ascot, Berkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780956487308; 9780956487315
Subjects: Taxidermy; History; Zoological specimens; Collection and preservation; Collectors and collecting; Taxidermists; Natural history museums; Cabinets of curiosities; Social aspects; Animals in art; Natural history; Catalogs and collections
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-388) and index.
Table of contents: title: Taxidermy : origins and arsenic; title: The development of bird taxidermy; title: The development of mammal taxidermy; title: Other taxidermy; title: The local taxidermist and his sources; title: The local taxidermist's business; title: A taxidermist's products and customers; title: Museums and the gentleman collectors; title: The big three British taxidermists; title: Meanwhile in America-; title: The taxidermy literature : a commentary; title: Changing attitudes and taxidermy today.