REIGNING CATS AND DOGS - A HISTORY OF PETS AT COURT SINCE THE RENAISSANCE.
by MACDONOGH, KATHARINE:
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- Hardcover
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- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 1857025954
- ISBN 13
- 9781857025958
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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,bright,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unmarked original brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate beige endpapers.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-304pp includes b/w photograph vignette illustrated half-title (Edward VII's pet's gravestone),double-page b/w illustrated frntis+ title page,a contents list/table, profuse b/w contemporary illustrations/photographs throughout the text,32pp colour illustrations/photographs in blocks of 8pp between pp32/33, pp160/61, pp192/93 and pp256/57 respectively,5 chapters,notes,an index and picture acknowledgements. When the Dowager Empress of China died in 1908,her favourite Pekingnese was led before her coffin by the chief eunuch,following a precedent of some nine hundred years' standing.Queen Victoria,entertaining Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie at Windsor, regarded a visit to the kennels as the high point of an afternoon's walk.And contemporary chroniclers of the French Revolution rather implausibly claimed that Marie Antoinette's dog,Thisbee,was so distraught at the queen's incarceration that it committed suicide. For monarchs and their consorts,cats,dogs and the occasional parrot have acted as constant companions, unquestioning allies,surrogate children and silent repositories of whispered confidences.For their isolated children,cats and dogs were often the only source of emotional comfort and warmth. From Empress Josephine's collection of pugs (who had their own personal maid in spite of Napoleon's distaste for them) to Elizabeth II's dynasty of corgis, the history of these pampered pets offers us a fascinating and often hilarious peek into the exalted world of their owners.Using a rich source of previously untapped historical documentation,Katharine MacDonogh has written a revolutionary account - seen from floor level - of court life since the Renaissance. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- REIGNING CATS AND DOGS - A HISTORY OF PETS AT COURT SINCE THE RENAISSANCE.
- Author
- MACDONOGH, KATHARINE:
- Illustrator
- illus with contemporary b/w+colour illus+photographs.
- Format/Binding
- UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1857025954
- ISBN 13
- 9781857025958
- Publisher
- LONDON.4TH ESTATE,1999.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- September 16, 1999
- Keywords
- q52.GENERAL.ISBN 1857025954.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.Court life_pets_cats_dogs.Corgis.Pugs.Empress Josephine+Napoleon III_pets.Pampred pets_Royalty.Queen Victoria_Prince Albert,consort.Cats_dogs_Royalty.Pekingnese Dogs.Marie Antoinette_Thisbee.Royal pets.
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