Description:
A richly produced modern study of the naturalist and artist Mark Catesby, examining the intersection of art and scientific observation in his pioneering work on the flora and fauna of North America. Henrietta McBurney situates Catesby within the intellectual and colonial contexts of the eighteenth century, analysing both his methods and his lasting influence on natural history illustration. An authoritative and well-illustrated scholarly publication from Yale University Press.
Condition:
Good Condition. Pictorial jacket over cream paper covered boards. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Boards are clean with light tanning to edges. Unclipped jacket has light foxing and tanning to edges with small marking to front panel and some more notable dark markings to rear panel.
Description:
A richly produced modern study of the naturalist and artist Mark Catesby, examining the intersection of art and scientific observation in his pioneering work on the flora and fauna of North America. Henrietta McBurney situates Catesby within the intellectual and colonial contexts of the eighteenth century, analysing both his methods and his lasting influence on natural history illustration. An authoritative and well-illustrated scholarly publication from Yale University Press.
Condition:
Good Condition. Pictorial jacket over cream paper covered boards. Binding is firm and pages are clean. Boards are clean with light tanning to edges. Unclipped jacket has light foxing and tanning to edges with small marking to front panel and some more notable dark markings to rear panel.
Illuminating Natural History: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby
Henrietta McBurney
2021
Yale University Press
First Edition
4to
