The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences

by Adriana Craciun

List of illustrations.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction; Adriana Craciun and Simon Schaffer.- PART I: NATURAL CURIOSITIES.- 1. Essay: Handling objects in natural history collections; Mary Terrall.- 2. Exhibit: Curious work; Mary Brooks.- 3. Exhibit: The lives of Mrs Delaney's paper plants; Kim Sloan.- 4. Exhibit: A pathological pot; Samuel J.M.M. Alberti.- 5. Essay: The seeds of disaster: relics of La P?rouse; Adriana Craciun.- PART II: TOOLS AND...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137445793
• ISBN13: 9781137445797
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"