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Animal Gardens

Old Polish Game Reserves and Menageries

Author(s): Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: game reserve; menagerie; ZOO; landscape park; old Polish culture
Summary/Abstract: The publication discusses landscape parks serving as game reserves and menageries, which were established in the old Polish Republic thanks to the royal or aristocratic foundations. The author presents the issue of animal collections referring to similar gardens in Europe, both Americas, Asia and Africa. She analyses Polish economic and zoological literature and explores the transformation of living organisms into museum exhibits.

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