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

Contents:

Foreword / Jane Roberts
Picturing the natural world / David Attenborough
Leonardo da Vinci : "All the works of Nature which adorn the world" / Martin Clayton
The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo : "With the true eye of a lynx" / Rea Alexandratos
Alexander Marshal : "His curious booke of flowers in miniature" / Susan Owens
Maria Sibylla Merian : "Great diligence, grace and spirit" / Susan Owens
Mark Catesby : " A genius for natural history" / Susan Owens.