The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History

By George E. Ball
Foreword by Merrill Distad
Categories: Art & Performance Studies, Art, Art History
Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections
Publisher: Bruce Peel Special Collections
Paperback : 9781551951171, 80 pages, January 2005

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.