Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1454912146 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This beautiful book will fascinate natural science and art lovers alike.. Forty essays from the museum's top experts in a variety of disciplines enhance each rare tome's unique qualities and scientific contribution, and three to four illustrations accompany each one. Natural Histories allows readers a privileged glimpse of these seldom-seen, fully illustrated scientific works. Inside the American Museum of Natural History is an eight-story library—one of the largest natural-science libraries in the Western Hemisphere—that contains over 450,000 volumes of monographs, pamphlets, reprints, and original rare books
extraordinary about this book for me is that the beautiful illustrations and lucid prose from multiple sources has been What's extraordinary about this book for me is that the beautiful illustrations and lucid prose from multiple sources has been preserved (thanks museum of Natural History! Has Congress actually done something well?) and carefully presented by Mr. Baione (thanks Tom!). Worth having in your library for cold winter evenings if you love biology or find animals more interesting than sitcoms.. Work of art Such a beautiful book. My daughter loves it.. Sublime! Fascinating data, beautiful illustrations and paintings many worthy of framing! Should be in every booklover's library and would make a lovely and thoughtfulgift.
"a truly stunning collection Remarkable for its editing as well as its breadth of scope (even the binding of Victorian natural history books is studied), this gem of a book is one of the best in its class.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)