05024nam a22003977a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020003900062020001500101040002500116082001600141245013900157246009200296246007700388264004200465264001100507300017600518336002100694336002800715336003500743337002500778338002300803500005800826500004600884504006700930505262500997520066603622610005904288650004504347650004504392650004004437700002504477710005004502710004004552830003404592OSt20210308173303.0210308t20122012nyuabfogr|||| 001 0 eng d  a9781402791499cRM 62.38qpaperback  a1402791496  aPPAKbengcPPAKerda04a016.50822314aNATURAL HISTORIES :bExtraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library / cEdited by Tom Baione. 30aExtraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library 30aRare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library 1aNew York :bSterling Signature,c2012 4c©2012  a163 pages :billustrations (chiefly colour), colour map, photographs (chiefly colour) ; c28 cm., in case 31 x 24 cm. +e40 leaves of plates (chiefly colour ; 28 x 22 cm.)  atext2rdacontent  astill image2rdacontent  acartographic image2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aAt head of title: American Museum of Natural History.  aSecond subtitle on case: Essays & plates.  aIncludes bibliographical references (page 161- 162) and index.  tForeword / by Ellen V. Futter tIntroduction / by Tom Bainoe.tThe first animal book / Richard EllistFirst glimpses of an new world / David Hurst ThomastThe Uranometria star atlas / Michael SharatFlora, fauna, and fifangha : Madagascar by Flacourt / Alex de VoogttOn the strangeness of Hooke's Micrographia / David KohntThe buyer's guide to India, circa 1678 / George E. HarlowtMade Merian / Paula SchrynemakerstThe apothecary's cabinet / Robert S. VosstLouis Renard and his book of extraordinary creatures / Mai Qaraman ReitmeyertRösel von Rosenhof and his Natural history of frogs / Darrel FrosttKnorr's fossil treasures from the Solnhofen / Neil H. LandmantMartini and Chemnitz's Iconographic encyclopedia of mollusks / Louise M. CrowleytMoses Harris : naturalist and artist / David GrimalditObserving Vesuvius with Sir William Hamilton / James WebstertThe volumes of Cramer and Stoll : a timeless contribution to the science of butterflies and moths / James S. MillertBloch's remarkable fishes / Melanie L.J. StiassnytA beautiful harvest : Herbst's crabs and crayfish / Bella GaliltAt the dawn of malacology : the salient and silent oeuvre of Giuseppe Saverio Poli / Ilya TëmkintPith paper butterfly souvenirs / Diana ShihtAlexander Wilson and the birth of American ornithology / Mai Qaraman Reitmeyer
tEgypt revealed / Nina J. RoottPrince Maximillian zu Wied : a military man turned naturalist / Charles W. MyerstDiscovering a new world : François Péron's voyage to Australia / Richard PearsontFrom the depths of the sea : Risso's pioneering studies of deep-sea life / Bella GaliltLorenz Oken and his magical numerology tour / George F. BarrowcloughtArt in the service of science / Nina J. RoottThe first comprehensive description of the amphibians and reptiles of the world / Christopher J. RaxworthytBurritt's sky atlases / Neil deGrasse TysontAlcide d'Orbigny : Darwin's rival naturalist / Niles Eldredge
tColonel McKenney's Indian gallery / Peter M. WhiteleytDarwin's voyage of discovery / Nancy B. SimmonstSchreber's world of mammals / Miriam T. Gross
tSailing to the South Pole : Dumont d'Urville and the discovery of East Antarctica / Ross D.E. MacPheetThe last hurrah : Audubon and Bachman's mammals / Mary LeCroytTransported to another planet : John Gould's The mammals of Australia / Robin BecktThe perfect performance of a particular kind of work / Eleanor SterlingtElliot's jewels : birds in paradise / Joel L. CracrafttBooks for the naturalist in everyone / Barbara RhodestSeeing is believing / Tom Baione. tFashion in the natural world / Stacy J. Schiff.  aThe Beauty of Natural Science Revealed!b For the first time, "Natural Histories" allows readers a privileged glimpse of seldom seen, fully illustrated scientific tomes from the "American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection" - a collection of over 450,000 volumes. Forty essays from the museum's top experts in a variety of natural science disciplines, from anthropology to zoology, accompany and discuss each rare tome's unique qualities and scientific contribution. Packaged with extraordinary prints suitable for framing and facsimile items inside bound-in envelopes, this deluxe edition will fascinate both natural science and art lovers alike.20aAmerican Museum of Natural HistorybLibraryvCatalogs.10aNatural historyvBibliographyvCatalogs. 0aPictorial worksvBibliographyvCatalogs. 0aRare booksvBibliographyvCatalogs.1 aBaione, Tom.eeditor2 aAmerican Museum of Natural History.bLibrary.2 aAmerican Museum of Natural History. 0aThe parental intelligence way