{"product_id":"the-tower-menagerie","title":"The Tower Menagerie","description":"\u003cp\u003e6b, Bennett, Edward Turner 1797-1836 \/ Harvey, William 1796-1866 (illustrator), London: 1829 \u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"234\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-end=\"38\" data-start=\"4\"\u003eTower Menagerie (c. 1797–1836)\u003c\/strong\u003e was the final phase of a much older royal tradition of keeping exotic animals at the \u003cstrong data-end=\"143\" data-start=\"124\"\u003eTower of London\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it played an important role in the early public understanding of \u003cstrong data-end=\"233\" data-start=\"214\"\u003enatural history\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"248\" data-start=\"236\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"248\" data-start=\"236\"\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"601\" data-start=\"249\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"431\" data-start=\"249\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"431\" data-start=\"251\"\u003eThe Tower Menagerie had existed in various forms since the \u003cstrong data-end=\"326\" data-start=\"310\"\u003e13th century\u003c\/strong\u003e, but by the late 18th century it had shifted from a private royal collection to a \u003cstrong data-end=\"430\" data-start=\"409\"\u003epublic attraction\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"601\" data-start=\"432\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"601\" data-start=\"434\"\u003eBetween \u003cstrong data-end=\"459\" data-start=\"442\"\u003e1797 and 1836\u003c\/strong\u003e, it functioned as a rudimentary natural history exhibit, open to paying visitors and increasingly framed as educational rather than symbolic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"627\" data-start=\"603\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"627\" data-start=\"603\"\u003eAnimals and Displays\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1059\" data-start=\"628\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"804\" data-start=\"628\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"804\" data-start=\"630\"\u003eThe menagerie housed lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, bears, wolves, birds, and monkeys—many obtained through \u003cstrong data-end=\"803\" data-start=\"743\"\u003eimperial trade, diplomatic gifts, and colonial expansion\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"947\" data-start=\"805\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"947\" data-start=\"807\"\u003eAnimals were kept in iron-barred cages along the \u003cstrong data-end=\"870\" data-start=\"856\"\u003eOuter Ward\u003c\/strong\u003e of the Tower, often in cramped and unhealthy conditions by modern standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1059\" data-start=\"948\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1059\" data-start=\"950\"\u003eSpecies were sometimes mislabeled or poorly understood, reflecting the \u003cstrong data-end=\"1058\" data-start=\"1021\"\u003eearly state of zoological science\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good half leather binding.  Black calf spine and corners over marled boards, five raised bands on spine, edges rubbed and carefully strengthened .  Toned endpapers.  Clean text and illustrations throughout.  Delightful illustrative animal portrait woodcuts by Messrs.  Branston and Wright begin nearly all of the fifty-nine listings, ending with a smaller tail-piece usually of the animal in a natural setting. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56104749957286,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/6563\/1040\/files\/1BAD7569-ED68-44E5-B4F0-7EF3F083E17E.jpg?v=1768942326","url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tower-menagerie","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}