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Amazing rare things : the art of natural history in the age of discovery

by David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, Rea Alexandratos

This volume examines how artists portrayed the natural world during the rise of scientific exploration, focusing on historic drawings and watercolours held in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. The work features 160 colour illustrations.

Accession 11398 ISBN 9780300125474 Publisher Yale University Press
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David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, Rea Alexandratos
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