The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History (Bruce Peel Special Collections) - Softcover

Ball, George E.

 
9781551951171: The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History (Bruce Peel Special Collections)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1551951177 ISBN 13: 9781551951171
Publisher: University of Alberta Press, 2005

Synopsis

This catalogue explores the interrelationship between the science of entomology and the art of illustration by highlighting some of the key holdings of early and classic works on insects in the University of Alberta Library. George E. Ball demonstrates how advances in printing technologies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries contributed to the developing body of entomological knowledge. Foreword by Merrill Distad.

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About the Author

George E. Ball is Emeritus Curator of the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.

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Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1551951177
ISBN 13 
9781551951171
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
80