Amazing rare things: the art of natural history in the age of discovery / David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos.

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Attenborough, David, 1926-

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven, Ct. : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: 223 p. : ill., maps (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:

9780300215724 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

508.0222 ATT 22

Summary: Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.

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"The eighty-seven watercolours considered here come from ... the Royal Collection"--Foreword.

Published to accompany exhibitions held Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh) Mar. 2-Sept. 16, 2007 and Queen's Gallery (Buckingham Palace) Mar. 14-Sept. 21, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.

Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.

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