Mark Catesby's Natural History of America - The watercolors from the Royal Library Windsor Castle - catalogo mostra USA 1997

1 lingua: inglese Legat. edit. rigida con sovrac. illustrata, cm 30x24, pag. 160, con oltre un centinaio di illustraz. in b.n. e 52 tavole a col. a tutta pagina - a cura di Henrietta McBurney - catalogo delle esibizioni tenute in USA nel 1997 e 1998 - An exhibition catalog of original watercolor paintings, collected by King George III, used to illustrate Catesby's The Natural History Of Carolina, Florida, And The Bahama Islands (1731 1747). In addition to the plates, the pencil sketches for many of them are included, as well as information and commentary on the plates. The images include birds, fish, crabs, turtles, corals, snakes, lizards, frogs, mammals, insects and plants - The Natural History, the life work of the English naturalist and artist Mark Catesby (1682 1749), the most important precursor of Audubon, was twenty years in the making. It was the first comprehensive study of the flora and fauna of the eastern seaboard of North America, and its striking images remained an indispensable reference source throughout the century of its publication. This book has been recreated from watercolours originally owned by King George III and stored at the Royal Library in Windsor - Perfetto stato.