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James Sowerby
James Sowerby
James Sowerby
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James Sowerby

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James Sowerby (1757-1822) was an outstanding artist and natural historian, renowned for his discoveries and prodigious output of beautiful, scientific books of plants, fungi, animals, fossils and minerals, all during the age of Enlightenment in Great Britain.
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09-December-2015
336 Pages
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First full biography of James Sowerby using some new, as well as extensive scholarly resources

Provides authoritative and enlightening accounts of how some of the most important botanical works were produced and used.

Covers the importance of botany at a time of much scientific development and the role of art in the development of taxonomy

Beautifully illustrated with Sowerby's artwork, along with extracts from letters, manuscripts and publications involving natural historians

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James Sowerby

RRP: $79.99
$77.00

Description

First full biography of James Sowerby using some new, as well as extensive scholarly resources

Provides authoritative and enlightening accounts of how some of the most important botanical works were produced and used.

Covers the importance of botany at a time of much scientific development and the role of art in the development of taxonomy

Beautifully illustrated with Sowerby's artwork, along with extracts from letters, manuscripts and publications involving natural historians

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