by Harriet Ritvo

Cambridge, Massachusetts/London, England: Harvard University Press, 1987.

First edition, first printing.

Contains publisher's first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page.

Generously illustrated throughout.

Ritvo, who earned a doctor's degree at Harvard, is a history professor and Head of the History Faculty at MIT.  Her highly acclaimed scholarly expertise lies in British history with a special emphasis on environmental and natural histories, for which she has written numerous books.

This fascinating study on the evolution of Victorians' attitudes and actions toward all types of animals, including pets, livestock, wild animals, rare animals, zoo animals, fashionable animals, hunting animals and more, offers a view of Victorian culture, and discusses human-animal interactions.

Fine in fresh beige linen over red boards with gilt embossed titles and borders to a black panel to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket.

Octavo; 347 pages; notes; index.

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