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Silver King, a polar bear, being taken by ship away from his homeland. Colour lithograph.

The chemical capture of animals : a guide to the chemical restraint of wild and captive animals / A.M. Harthoorn.

Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.

Unterwegs mit wilden Tieren : Wandermenagerien zwischen Belehrung und Kommerz, 1750-1850 / Annelore Rieke-Müller, Lothar Dittrich.

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The chemical capture of animals : a guide to the chemical restraint of wild and captive animals / A.M. Harthoorn.

Menagerie : the history of exotic animals in England, 1100-1837 / Caroline Grigson.

Unterwegs mit wilden Tieren : Wandermenagerien zwischen Belehrung und Kommerz, 1750-1850 / Annelore Rieke-Müller, Lothar Dittrich.

Silver King, a polar bear, being taken by ship away from his homeland. Colour lithograph.