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This is the first book to offer a broad overview of the golden age of natural history and botanical art?an art of biodiversity. For two centuries, artists and naturalists worked together to reveal animals and plants with the same care that art had always lavished on human subjects. In 30 chapters, it explores the individuals and ideas behind this international movement. It includes hundreds of full-page color illustrations illuminated by in-depth captions.

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This is the first book to offer a broad overview of the golden age of natural history and botanical art?an art of biodiversity. For two centuries, artists and naturalists worked together to reveal animals and plants with the same care that art had always lavished on human subjects. In 30 chapters, it explores the individuals and ideas behind this international movement. It includes hundreds of full-page color illustrations illuminated by in-depth captions.

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