The art and science of William Bartram /

Magee, Judith, 1952-

The art and science of William Bartram / Judith Magee. - University Park, Pa. : London : Pennsylvania State University Press ; In association with the Natural History Museum, c2007. - xi, 264 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.

Prologue : explorer, naturalist, and artist -- Plant hunting and the seed trade -- The merchant's apprentice -- Cape Fear and competition -- Travels in Florida with the king's botanist -- Finding a patron -- Travels : revisiting old haunts and discovering new ones -- Encounters and observations -- The Arcadian dream -- Describing, classifying, and naming -- American science comes of age : ornithology -- American science comes of age : entomology -- Following in Bartram's footsteps -- Epilogue : contentment and serenity.

0271029145 (clothbound : alk. paper) 9780271029146 (clothbound : alk. paper)

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Bartram, William, 1739-1823.


Naturalists--Pennsylvania--Biography.
Natural history illustrators--Pennsylvania--Biography.

QH31.B23 / M34 2007

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