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

Ball, George E.

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.

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About the Authors

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

Merrill Distad is Associate University Librarian for Research & Special Collections Services at the University of Alberta.

Edition details

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