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| Genre/Form: | Bibliography Catalogs Bibliography Catalogs |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tom Baione |
| ISBN: | 9781402791499 1402791496 |
| OCLC Number: | 778416372 |
| Description: | xi, 163 p., 40 leaves of plates (some col, ; 28 x 22 cm.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm., in case 31 x 24 x 4 cm. |
| Contents: | The First Animal Book / Richard Ellis -- Essay by David Hurst Thomas -- The Uranometria Star Atlas / Michael Shara -- Flora, Fauna, and Fifangha : Madagascar by Flacourt / Alex de Voogt -- On the strangeness of Hooke's Micrographia / David Kohn -- The Buyer's Guide to India, Circa 1676 / George E. Harlowe -- Made Merian / Paula Schrynemakers -- The Apothecary's Cabinet / Robert S. Voss -- Louise Renard and His Book of Extraordinary Creatures / Mai Qaraman -- Roesel von Rosenhof and His Natural History of Frogs / Darrel Frost -- Knorr's Fossil Treasures from the Solnhofen / Neil H. Landman -- Martini and Chemnitz's Iconographic Encyclopedia of Mollusks / Louise M.Crowley -- Moses Harris : Naturalist and Artist / David Grimaldi -- Observing Vesuvius with Sir William Hamilton / James Webster -- The Volumes of Cramer and Stoll : A Timeless Contribution to the Science of Butterflies and Moths / James S. Miller -- Bloch's Remarkable Fishes / Melanie L.J. Stiassny -- A Beautiful Harvest : Herbst's Crabs and Crayfish / Bella Galil -- At the Dawn of Malacology : The Salient and Silent Oeuvre of Giuseppe Saverio Poli / Ilya Temkin -- Pith Paper Butterfly Souvenirs / Diana Shih -- Alexander Wilson and the Birth of American Ornithology / Mai Qaraman -- Egypt Revealed / Nina J. Root -- Prince Maximillian zu Wied : A Military Man Turned Naturalist / Charles W. Myers -- Discovering a New World : Francois Peron's Voyage to Australia / Richard Pearson -- From the Depths of the Sea : Risso's Pioneering Studies of Deep-Sea Life / Bella Galil -- Lorenz Oken and His Magical Numerology Tour / George F. Barrowclough -- Art in the Service of Science / Nina J. Root -- The First Comprehensive Description of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the World / Christopher J. Raxworthy -- Burritt's Sky Atlases / Neil deGrasse Tyson -- Colonel McKenney's Indian Gallery / Peter M. Whiteley -- Darwin's Voyage of Discovery / Nancy B. Simmons -- Schreber's World of Mammals / Miriam T. Gross -- Sailing to the South Pole : Dumont D'Urville and the Discovery of East Antarctica / Ross D.E. MacPhee -- The Last Hurrah : Audubon and Bachman's Mammals / Mary LeCroy -- Transported to Another Planet : John Gould's The Mammals of Australia / Robin Beck -- The Perfect Performance of a Particular Kind of Work / Eleanor Sterling -- Elliot's Jewels : Birds in Paradise / Joel L. Cracraft -- Seeing Is Believing / Tom Baione -- The History of the World Is Written on a Fly's Wings / Stacy Schiff -- Essay by Niles Eldredge -- Books for the Naturalist in Everyone / Barbara Rhodes. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Tom Baione. |
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..".atruly stunning collection of rare prints covering a litany of topics. Whether readers choose to focus on the 40 prints just begging for frames that are included in the box or the often breathtaking images in the book itself, they'll quickly find themselves sucked into this fantastically assembled and informative work of natural and human history . . . armchair naturalists, archeologists, and anthropologists will have a field day with this lovingly curated collection. Remarkable for its editing as well as its breadth of scope (even the binding of Victorian natural history books is studied), this gem of a book is one of the best in its class. "Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)..".this collection from the AMNH is sure to please. It presents rare essays and artwork about the natural sciences along with a selection of prints for display." "TIME" magazine Baione (dir., American Museum of Natural History Lib.) examines book illustrations found in the library of New York City's American Museum of Natural History. The volume also gathers 40 essays written by the museum's librarians, researchers, curators, and administrators. They discuss woodcuts, etchings, engravings, and lithographs from books published between the 16th and early 20th centuries on topics in the natural sciences. The book presents many full-page, color reproductions of illustrations of insects, sea animals, birds, and mammals, accompanied by historical descriptions. Also included is a 19th-century astronomical atlas and a collection of portraits of Native Americans. The museum has published many books that discuss its collections...Baione's is the first to focus on book illustrations. It is packaged with 40 frameable prints. VERDICT - Combining well-chosen reproductions and interesting essays, this book would be a great choice for readers of "National Geographic" and the like. "Library Journal"" . . . a beautiful boxed set that includes a softcover book of essays and illustrations and 40 loose plates housed in an illustrated clamshell box. The plates are frame-worthy copies of some of the illustrations used in the essay volume. The writing style is directed to a general reading audience, and is appropriate for undergraduates looking for introductory information. The short essays are informative and excite interest in further study. "Choice"" Read more...
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- Natural history -- Bibliography -- Catalogs.
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