Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… as with rare objects exhibited in places of sociability such as gardens, public and private menageries, museums, salons, tea-rooms, theatres, opera houses and many others. If it is true that North America, the Bahamas, Canary Islands, the … as with rare objects exhibited in such places of sociability as gardens, public and private menageries, museums, salons, tea-rooms, theatres, opera houses and so forth. Across Europe and in particular in such a polished and commercial nation … and menageries. 8 In such places of sociability, visitors, guests and spectators could expect to take afternoon tea while watching and conversing about living or dead animals. 6 . Joseph Addison, The Spectator (no. 69, 19 May …
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