Sarah Stone : natural curiosities from the New Worlds
Exotic examples of birds, mammals, reptiles, shells, fossils and native artefacts sent back to England from expeditions to the new Worlds were the fascination of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. These brilliantly coloured and elegantly composed works now serve as both essential scientific documentation and exquisite works of art.
160 p. ; 23 cm
9781858940632, 185894063X
807086495