Art and illustration books

Amazing Rare Things

Go on a journey through the age of discovery and natural history art with Sir David Attenborough.

ISBN: 9781902163468

Author: Susan Owens, Martin Clayton and Rea Alexandratos

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Amazing Rare Things

£ 18.95

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Discover the priceless art collection at Windsor Castle, Leonardo Da Vinci’s depictions of cats and dragons, images of the life cycle stages of the giant silk moth, the first inaccurate descriptions of the sloth and illustrations of the now extinct passenger pigeon, amongst others.

The book presents work of naturalists from the 15th – 18th centuries, a period when the world was transformed by voyages of discovery to the farthest reaches of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

The evocative book has more than 160 vivid colour illustrations and compelling text capturing a time when much of the world was new.

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