Illuminating Natural History: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby,Used

Illuminating Natural History: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby,Used

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The life and art of the 18thcentury naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored in vibrant detailThis book explores the life and work of the celebrated eighteenthcentury English naturalist, explorer, artist and author Mark Catesby (16831749). During Catesbys lifetime, science was poised to shift from a world of amateur virtuosi to one of professional experts. Working against a backdrop of global travel that incorporated collecting and direct observation of nature, Catesby spent two prolonged periods in the New World in Virginia (171219) and South Carolina and the Bahamas (17226). In his majestic twovolume Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (173143), esteemed by his contemporary John Bartram as an ornament for the finest library in the world, he reflected the excitement, drama and beauty of the natural world. Interweaving elements of art history, history of science, natural history illustration, painting materials, book history, paper studies, garden history and colonial history, this meticulously researched volume brings together a wealth of unpublished images as well as newly discovered letters by Catesby, which, with their firsthand accounts of his collecting and encounters in the wild, bring the story of this extraordinary pioneer naturalist vividly to life.Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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