James Sowerby
Author: Paul Henderson
ISBN: 9781842465967
Publisher: Saltway Publishing
Year first published: 09 Dec 2015
Pages: 336
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781842465967
Publisher: Saltway Publishing
Year first published: 09 Dec 2015
Pages: 336
Format: Hardback
First full biography of James Sowerby using some new, as well as extensive scholarly resources
Provides authoritative and enlightening accounts of how some of the most important botanical works were produced and used.
Covers the importance of botany at a time of much scientific development and the role of art in the development of taxonomy
Beautifully illustrated with Sowerby's artwork, along with extracts from letters, manuscripts and publications involving natural historians