Elephants : a cultural and natural history / [editor] Karl Gröning ; text, Martin Saller

Saller, Martin (1916-). Gröning, Karl

1999, First English Edition. Cologne : Könemann. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #287195
ISBN: 3829017529

Physical description; 482 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 476-479) and index. Contents; Partial contents Primeval wanderer -- The story of the Flood -- The mammoth -- Anatomy of an ancient giant -- The elephant in the wild -- The elephant in the ancient world -- The elephant culture of India -- Elephant power in the Hellenistic period -- Fighters and transporters in ancient and modern times -- Mythical creature and state gift -- The circus jumbo -- Trapping and taming elephants -- Hunter and hunted -- The image of the elephant in Africa -- The 'white gold' trade -- Elephants in the realm of the imagination -- The zoo as refuge -- Retreat into the reserve. Subjects; Elephants. Elephas maximus. Loxodonta africana. Loxodonta africana. Endangered animals Animals and man Zoological art History. Elephas maximus. Endangered animals Animals and man Zoological art History.

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