Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery / David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos.

Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Attenborough, David, 1926-
Corporate Authors:	Royal Collection (Great Britain) Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland) Queen's Gallery (London, England)
Other Authors:	Owens, Susan Clayton, Martin, 1967- Alexandratos, Rea
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Ct : Yale University Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:	Royal Collection (Great Britain) > Exhibitions. Natural history illustration > Exhibitions.
Genre:	Exhibitions.
Online Access:	Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:	223 pages : illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Description
Summary:	Describes the methods by which selected European artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Mark Catesby, portrayed the natural world during the Age of Discovery.
Note:	Published to accompany exhibitions held Queen's Gallery (Edinburgh) Mar. 2-Sept. 16, 2007 and Queen's Gallery (Buckingham Palace) Mar. 14-Sept. 21, 2007.
Call Number:	QH46.5 .A884 2007
Bibliography Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
ISBN:	9780300125474 030012547X