Image of restoration science, the: the frontispiece to thomas sprat’s history of the royal society (1667)
Auteur :
Hunter, Michael
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032402277
Date de publication :
29 août 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
249 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about a single image - John Evelyn's frontispiece to Thomas Sprat’s History of the Royal-Society of London (1667). Providing a full analysis of the image in its Royal Society setting and the wider world of early-modern science, the book first considers the overall iconography of the image and its message concerning E