The eye of the Lynx : Galileo, his friends, and the beginnings of modern natural history / David Freedberg
2002, First Edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Fine copy bound in quarter cloth over paper boards. Remains well preserved overall; bright, tight, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #363084
Physical description; xii, 513 pages : illustrations (some color). Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-500) and index. Contents; Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to Historians of Science -- Introduction: Saving the Appearances -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- 1. The Paper Museum -- 2. Lynxes -- PART II: ASTRONOMY -- 3. The New Star -- 4. The Telescope: Imperfection in the Heavens -- 5. The Conflict of Truths -- PART III: NATURAL HISTORY -- 6. The Chastity of Bees -- 7. The Microscope and the Vernacular -- 8. Plants and Reproduction -- 9. The Mexican Treasury: Taxonomy and Illustration -- 10. The Doctor�s Dilemmas: Description, Dissection, and the Problem of Illustration. 11. FossilsPART IV: PICTURES AND ORDER -- 12. The Failure of Pictures -- 13. The Order of Nature -- 14. The Fate of Pictures: Appearance, Truth, and Ambiguity -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Headings -- Index. Subjects; Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642). Cesi, Federico (1585-1630). Dal Pozzo, Cassiano (1589/90-1657/59). Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642). Dal Pozzo, Cassiano (1588-1657) Academy of Linceans. Accademia nazionale dei Lincei History. Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Roma. Windsor Royal Library Dal Pozzo-Albani Collection. 16th-17th centuries. Science Italy History. Natural History history. Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated. Natural history illustration.
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