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Fossil Woods and Other Geological Specimens (Hardcover)
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Fossil Woods and Other Geological Specimens (Hardcover)
Series: Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo, Series B, Part III
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This new Catalogue Raisonne, Part III in the series on Natural
History, is based on the collection originally formed by Prince
Federico Cesi in the early 17th century and later acquired by
Cassiano. These drawings constitute the first truly scientific
study of fossilized woods and are executed with such finesse, skill
and detail that they will be of immense interest both to
art-historians and to historians of science. The drawings, the
majority of which have remained unstudied and unpublished until
now, include specimens of wood and animal fossils, ammonites and
concretions, pyrits and baked clays, as well as a series of field
drawings giving the sites where these specimens were found. The
introductory essays discuss the background to Cesi's project as
well as the importance of the drawings to the history of
seventeenth- century culture and science.'Scott & Freedberg's
book will prove to be an important resource for all those
interested in the history of geology, and it is a must for all
university libraries.' (Howard J. Falcon-Lang in Geological
Magazine, Volume 138/4 - 2001)
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