The science of describing : natural history in Renaissance Europe /
Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. In order to distinguish and catalog new plant and animal species, they developed new techniques of o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
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| Summary: | Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. In order to distinguish and catalog new plant and animal species, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, The Science of Describing reconstruct. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Awards: | PSP Prose Awards (nominated), 2006 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-365) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226620862 0226620867 9781281966100 128196610X 9786611966102 6611966102 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |