1668: The Year of the Animal in France

by Peter Sahlins

When animals and their symbolic representations--in the Royal Menagerie, in art, in medicine, in philosophy--helped transform the French state and culture.

Peter Sahlins's brilliant new book reveals the remarkable and understudied "animal moment" in and around 1668 in which authors (including La Fontaine, whose Fables appeared in that year), anatomists, painters, sculptors, and especially the young Louis XIV turned their attention...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935408992
• ISBN13: 9781935408994
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher