Nature on the page
Subtitle: the print and manuscript culture of Victorian natural history
By: exhibition and catalogue by Maria Zytaruk
Publisher: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780772761262
Subjects: Natural history; Technique; History; Exhibitions; Women naturalists; Natural history in literature; English Manuscripts
Description: "This is the catalogue to an exhibition that will showcase both the collecting and manuscript practices of Victorian naturalists and how books, in some instances, encased the specimens themselves. A special focus here is women practitioners of natural history--as authors of and contributors to published works, and as artists and collectors".
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library from January 28 to April 26, 2019.

Features materials from the Fisher Library's Victorian natural history collection.

Includes bibliographical references.