凯茨比的自然历史 Catesbys Natural History

基本信息

Format:Hardback 304 pages, 230 Illustrations, color

Publisher:Bodleian Library

Imprint:Bodleian Library

ISBN:9781851246397

Published:31 Oct 2024

Weight:2290g

Dimensions:336 x 248 x 31 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

马克·凯茨比是一位十八世纪的博物学家和艺术家，他关于北美和加勒比海自然历史的作品至今仍引起人们的共鸣。在几次危险的旅行中，他收集了标本，并在野外进行了广泛的观察，收集的材料最终成为《卡罗莱纳、佛罗里达和巴哈马群岛自然史》，其中包含 220 幅精美而独特的手工上色图版。

凯茨比的惊人插图在当时广受好评，其动植物的惊人组合，加上他所做的第1手观察，激发了人们对殖民地美国自然历史的兴趣，并使他的作品成为科学理解自然历史的重要参考。作为一名艺术家，凯茨比一丝不苟地记录环境，从他观察到的动植物生活中筛选事实和虚构。作为一名收藏家，他将许多活植物引入英国，从而永远改变了欧洲的花园。

这本精美的书复制了所有的图版，展示了凯茨比的实践经验如何塑造了他在所有领域的工作。无论是通过他记录的现已灭绝的物种，还是他目睹的文化变迁，他的研究仍然具有现实意义，展示了自然世界的脆弱性和脆弱性。

Mark Catesby was an eighteenth-century naturalist and artist whose work on the natural history of North America and the Caribbean still has resonance today. During the course of several perilous trips he collected specimens and made extensive observations in the field, gathering material that would eventually become The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, featuring 220 elaborate and distinctive hand-coloured plates.

Widely appreciated in their time, Catesby’s stunning illustrations, with their striking combinations of animals and plants, together with the first-hand observations he made, catalysed interest in the natural history of Colonial America and established his work as a key reference for the scientific understanding of natural history. As an artist, Catesby meticulously recording the environment, sifting fact from fiction about the lives of the plants and animals he observed. As a collector, he introduced many living plants to Britain, thereby changing European gardens forever.

This beautiful book, which reproduces all the plates, shows how Catesby’s practical field experience shaped his work in all areas. Whether through the now-extinct species he recorded or the cultural changes he witnessed, his research continues to be relevant, demonstrating the vulnerability and fragility of the natural world.

作者简介

斯蒂芬·哈里斯 (Stephen Harris) 是牛津大学植物标本馆的德鲁斯馆长，也是大学研究讲师。

Stephen Harris is Druce Curator at the Oxford University Herbaria and a University Research Lecturer.