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As children, our first encounters with the world?s animals do not arise during expeditions through faraway jungles or on perilous mountain treks. Instead, we meet these creatures between the pages of a book, on the floor of an obliging library. Down through the centuries, illustrated books have served as our paper zoos, both documenting the world?s extraordinary wildlife in exquisite detail and revealing, in hindsight, how our relationship to and understanding of these animals have evolved over time. In this stunning book, historian of science Charlotte Sleigh draws on the ultimate bibliophile?s menagerie?the collections of the British Library?to present a lavishly illustrated homage to this historical collaboration between art and science. Gathering together a breathtaking range of nature illustrations from manuscripts, prints, drawings, and rare printed books from across the world, Sleigh brings us face to face (or face to tentacle) with images of butterflies, beetles, and spiders,
Front Cover Ebook The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in Art
Author : Charlotte Sleigh
Pages : 256 pages
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
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ISBN-10 : 022644712X
ISBN-13 : 9780226447124
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