{"product_id":"the-science-of-describing-natural-history-in-renaissance-europe-9780226620886","title":"The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe","description":"Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Describing \u003c\/i\u003ereconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, naturalists focused on understanding ancient and medieval descriptions of the natural world, but by the mid-sixteenth century naturalists turned toward distinguishing and cataloguing new plant and animal species. To do so, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. By the early seventeenth century, naturalists began the daunting task of sorting through the wealth of information they had accumulated, putting a new emphasis on taxonomy and classification. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Science of Describing \u003c\/i\u003eis the first broad interpretation of Renaissance natural history in more than a generation and will appeal widely to an interdisciplinary audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian W. Ogilvie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.00w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226620886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian W. Ogilvie\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44813092552819,"sku":"9780226620886","price":71.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b8a91909-9391-4b84-9844-0136550a73ec.jpg?v=1776777574","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-science-of-describing-natural-history-in-renaissance-europe-9780226620886","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}