[PDF.88mf] Fishes, Crayfishes and Crabs: Louis Renard's Natural History of the Rarest Curiosities of the Seas of the Indies (Foundations of Natural History)

Fishes, Crayfishes and Crabs: Louis Renard's Natural History of the Rarest Curiosities of the Seas of the Indies (Foundations of Natural History)

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 | #3325455 in Books |  The Johns Hopkins University Press |  1995-12-01 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 2 |  1.92 x9.91 x12.59l, | File type: PDF | 480 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Many of the drawings look like they were simply made up with out any reference ...|By wil liam|Absolutely astounding! The author is more curator of a limited edition European book from the dawn of natural history -- fantastic(al) drawings of supposed fish and crabs from the Australia reefs from the time before cameras. Many of the drawings look like they were simply made up wit| ||""The quality of the reproduction is excellent, and Pietsch has painstakingly compiled what appears to be every scrap of evidence that exists concerning..Renard.. Looking through the striking plates and curious comments, we can better understand the backgroun

First published in 1719 and exceptional in its day for its 460 brilliantly colored copper engravings, Louis Renard's treatise on the marine life of the East Indies was dismissed in the 19th and 20th centuries because of its apparent embellishment, exaggeration, and even falsification. Ichthyologist Theodore W. Pietsch here reexamines this classic work and its almost surrealistic renderings and discovers a work of considerable scientific and historical interest.

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