Book ID: 91159
Ogilvie, Brian W.
The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. 2006. 14 halftones. 21 line drawings. 431 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
Illustrated withwoodcuts, engravings, and photographs, this is the first broadinterpretation of Renaissance natural history in more than a generationand will appeal widely to an interdisciplinary audience. Contents(partly): The World of Renaissance Natural History/ The HumanistInvention of Natural History/ A Science of Describing/ Common Sense,Classification, and the Catalogue of Nature/ Conclusion: What Was"Renaissance Natural History"?/ etc.