Zarafa The True Story Of A Giraffe's Journey From The Plains Of Africa To The Heart Of Post Napoleonic France
Author: Michael Allin
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: 20.00 NZD
: 9780747222996
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: 01 January 1998
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: Michael Allin
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Local Description
pp 215. Very good in vg d/w. Decorated endpapers.
Description
This is the story of Zarafa, the Masai giraffe presented to Charles X of France in 1826, and how she captivated and inspired all those who came to see her. Allin describes the giraffe-inspired fashions of the day in this period of post-Revolutionary France.