I saw this on the SHARP-L list and thought HIST-NAT-HIST members
would certainly want to know about the book.
For discussion of the dearth of detailed bibliographical studies of
history of scientific illustration, see
http://www.sharpweb.org/archives.html (SHARP-L Society for the
History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing).
Karen
Karen Reeds
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:33:16 -0300 From: Jennifer Harris
<[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Neglect of Scientific Illustrations
For scholars in the area, there's a new book from the U of Alberta
Press that might be useful: The Art of Insect Illustration and
Threads of Entomological History George E. Ball Description: This
catalogue explores the interrelationship between the science of
entomology and the art of illustration by highlighting some of the
key holdings of early and classic works on insects in the University
of Alberta Library. George E. Ball demonstrates how advances in
printing technologies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries
contributed to the developing body of entomological knowledge.
Cheers, Jennifer Harris Mount Allison University New Brunswick,
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