The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History
- Publisher
- Bruce Peel Special Collections
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2005
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551951171
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $39.95
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Description
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.
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.