Sciences of antiquity : romantic antiquarianism, natural history, and knowledge work

Title:

Author:

Heringman, Noah, author.

ISBN:

9780191744990

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Series:

Classical presences

Classical presences.

Abstract:

Heringman focuses on the illustrators, fieldworkers, and ghostwriters associated with the production of scholarly plate books during the Romantic-era. The volume explores how the expertise acquired by these intellectuals precipitated a major shift in research and forged a broader perception of antiquity transforming intellectual life.

Subject Term:

Scientific illustration -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Illustrated books -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Natural history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.

Electronic Access:

Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199556915.001.0001

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