Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880) by Paul J. Smith, Florike Egmond ISBN 9789004681187, 9004681183, 978900468117 instant download

Ichthyology in Context (1500-1880) by Paul J. Smith, Florike Egmond ISBN 9789004681187, 9004681183, 978900468117 instant download

Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880) provides a broad spectre of early modern manifestations of human fascination with fish – “fish” understood in the early modern sense of the term, as aquatilia: all aquatic animals, including sea mammals and crustaceans. It addresses the period’s quickly growing knowledge about fish in its multiple, varied and rapidly changing interaction with culture.
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This topic is approached from various disciplines: history of science, cultural history, history of collections, historical ecology, art history, literary studies, and lexicology. Attention is given to the problematic questions of visual and textual representation of fish, and pre- and post-Linnean classification and taxonomy. This book also explores the transnational exchange of ichthyological knowledge and items in and outside Europe.