Emergence of Natural History – serie
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Flowering of Ecology
Maria Sibylla Merian’s Caterpillar Book
Inbunden, 2020
1438 kr
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The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1679 ‘caterpillar’ book, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen–Nahrung. Her processes in making the book and an analysis of its scientific content are presented in a historical context. Merian …
Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby FRS (1635-1672)
Av Tim Birkhead
Inbunden, 2016
3246 kr
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Francis Willughby together with John Ray revolutionized the study of natural history. They were motivated by the new philosophy of the mid 1600s and transformed natural history in to a rigorous area of study. Because Ray lived longer and more of his writings have survived, his reputation …
Connecting Territories
Exploring People and Nature, 1700–1850
Inbunden, 2021
2030 kr
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The book analyses from a comparative perspective the exploration of territories, the histories of their inhabitants, and local natural environments during the long eighteenth century. The eleven chapters look at European science at home and abroad as well as at global scientific practices and the …
Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the Emergence of Systematics (1800–1850)
Inbunden, 2021
2396 kr
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Coenraad Jacob Temminck and the Emergence of Systematics (1800–1850) is the first study to examine in detail the life and work of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858), the Dutch naturalist who was the first director of ’s Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie (National Museum of Natural History) in …
Fish on Paper: Ichthyology and the Disciplining of Natural History (1680–1820)
Inbunden, 2025
2061 kr
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In the eighteenth century, the underwater world became a site of increased investigation. Naturalists produced sumptuously illustrated books and manuscripts that captured its dazzling diversity on paper. By drawing on unique and previously unexplored visual and textual materials from libraries, …
Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820–1850)
Inbunden, 2025
2052 kr
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The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies was one ofthe largest state-sponsored colonial collecting endeavours of theearly nineteenth-century world. As a result, the newly founded ’s RijksMuseum van Natuurlijke Historie (present-day Naturalis BiodiversityCenter in Leiden) was filled …
Everlasting Flowers between the Pages
The Making of Seventeenth-Century Florilegia
Inbunden, 2025
2528 kr
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In seventeenth-century Europe, florilegia were lavishly produced picture books that featured hand-drawn or printed illustrations of a wide variety of flowers. Many of the plants depicted in florilegia stemmed from the Americas and Asia and were much desired for cultivation and study in European …
