Loving insects: john abbot’s drawings and natural history collecting in the atlantic world, 1760s-1840s
Auteur :
Tobin, Beth
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820373577
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2026
Dimensions :
27,9 x 20,3 cm
Format :
With dust jacket
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Despite his accomplishments as a naturalist and an artist, John Abbot is little known today. This book aims to rectify this omission by detailing his activities as a natural history artist, a specimen hunter, and by claiming a space for him as a major figure in the history of early American natural history.