Author: David Waterhouse
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134383649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
The Origins of Himalayan Studies
Author: David Waterhouse
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134383649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134383649
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
Audubon's Elephant
Author: Duff Hart-Davis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077759
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Audubon's Elephant was the nickname given to John James Audubon's masterpiece, The Birds of America--an oversized folio of 435 life-size ornithological prints that remains to this day the most compelling depiction of bird life in the United States. Born in Haiti and raised in France, Audubon spent much of his adult life as a struggling American businessman on the frontier, where his obsession with birds nearly brought him to financial ruin. In 1826, his ambitious project was also in a precarious position--his folio remained unfinished, without an American publisher willing to fund it. Had Audubon not set sail for England, his artistic triumph might easily have turned into failure"--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805077759
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"Audubon's Elephant was the nickname given to John James Audubon's masterpiece, The Birds of America--an oversized folio of 435 life-size ornithological prints that remains to this day the most compelling depiction of bird life in the United States. Born in Haiti and raised in France, Audubon spent much of his adult life as a struggling American businessman on the frontier, where his obsession with birds nearly brought him to financial ruin. In 1826, his ambitious project was also in a precarious position--his folio remained unfinished, without an American publisher willing to fund it. Had Audubon not set sail for England, his artistic triumph might easily have turned into failure"--Publisher's description.
Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains
On the Natural History and Classification of Birds
Author: William Swainson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Frankenstein's Science
Author: Christa Knellwolf King
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754654476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Frankenstein's Science contextualizes this widely taught novel in contemporary scientific and literary debates, providing new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754654476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Frankenstein's Science contextualizes this widely taught novel in contemporary scientific and literary debates, providing new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy
The Emperor of Nature
Author: Patricia Tyson Stroud
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812235463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This is the first biography of the father of descriptive ornithology, the author of American Ornithology or The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson,, an electee to the American Philosophical Society and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and last, Emperor Napoleon's nephew. Stroud, an independent scholar, uses archival sources, including unpublished letters in possession of the Bonaparte family, to tell the story of a man forced by the circumstances of his birth and by the liberality of his views to move from France, to the U.S., to Italy, and back to France. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812235463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This is the first biography of the father of descriptive ornithology, the author of American Ornithology or The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson,, an electee to the American Philosophical Society and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and last, Emperor Napoleon's nephew. Stroud, an independent scholar, uses archival sources, including unpublished letters in possession of the Bonaparte family, to tell the story of a man forced by the circumstances of his birth and by the liberality of his views to move from France, to the U.S., to Italy, and back to France. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Banquet of Books
Author: National Library of Australia
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642276490
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Scattered throughout the astonishing collection of the National Library of Australia are countless gems: beautiful books, ancient books, one-of-only-two-in-the-world books, big books, slim books published as pamphlets, and miniscule books.This describes some of the rare, beautiful or significant books in the Library's collection.
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642276490
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Scattered throughout the astonishing collection of the National Library of Australia are countless gems: beautiful books, ancient books, one-of-only-two-in-the-world books, big books, slim books published as pamphlets, and miniscule books.This describes some of the rare, beautiful or significant books in the Library's collection.
The Poetry of Victorian Scientists
Author: Daniel Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The first study of poetry by Victorian scientists, a unique record of the nature and cultures of Victorian science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107023378
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
The first study of poetry by Victorian scientists, a unique record of the nature and cultures of Victorian science.
A Brush with Birds
Author: Penny Olsen
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642276803
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
"How images of Australian birds have changed over time as illustrated by the following artists whose work is in the Library's collection: John Hunter, George Raper, Sarah Stone, John Lewin, John and Elizabeth Gould, Henry Richter, Neville Henry Cayley, Neville William Cayley, Ebezer Edward Gostelow, Lilian Medalnd, Betty Temple Watts, William Cooper. There is a short biography for each artist"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN: 9780642276803
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
"How images of Australian birds have changed over time as illustrated by the following artists whose work is in the Library's collection: John Hunter, George Raper, Sarah Stone, John Lewin, John and Elizabeth Gould, Henry Richter, Neville Henry Cayley, Neville William Cayley, Ebezer Edward Gostelow, Lilian Medalnd, Betty Temple Watts, William Cooper. There is a short biography for each artist"--Provided by publisher.
Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of the Best Works on Natural History, Arranged in Classes According to the Linnean System ... Now Selling ... by William Wood, Etc
Author: William Wood (Bookseller in London.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description