Claudia swan (154 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: As New. Like New condition. A near perfect copy that may have very minor cosmetic defects.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. Pages clean, unmarked. Cover has moderate wear. Spine cocked, binding sound. Shipped promptly with Tracking. Asst32.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hardback book with dust jacket is LIKE NEW.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover book with dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor rubbing to edges. Light rubbing to corners of cover. Pages are clean. No writing found inside or out. Binding is tight, pages are secure. Our books are described as accurately as possible and come with our problem-free easy return policy. We like happy customers! Our items are always shipped within 2 business days.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Book is new and unread. The book is square and straight. No dustjacket as issued. This book was issued in conjunction with The Music of Paul Bowles Festival in New York City in 1995. It features two essays by Bowles as well as an interview with him on his music along with a number of essays on Bowles' music including two by Virgil Thomson. Very nice apppreciation of Bowles as a composer. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 146 pages.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unread first edition in blue cloth with white/silver/black titles on pasted paper labels. In this case, the front label is a bit soiled. Spine has a very small depression, and rear board has three-inch light scratch. Else like new. Well-designed interior in great shape. Published on the occasion of a 1995 presentation of Bowles's music by the EOS ensemble. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First edition Near fine blue boards with crisp profusely illustrated text throughout. With a fine blue ribbon bookmark.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardbound, no dust jacket, as issued.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good w/ Protective Cover. Very good condition. Like new. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Condizione: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to Europe's national and trade ambitions. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and "pure" systems of classification. Charting a new map of botany along colonial coordinates, reaching from Europe to the New World, India, Asia, and other points on the globe, Colonial Botany explores how the study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of rare and beautiful plants resulted from and shaped European voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration. From the earliest voyages of discovery, naturalists sought profitable plants for king and country, personal and corporate gain. Costly spices and valuable medicinal plants such as nutmeg, tobacco, sugar, Peruvian bark, peppers, cloves, cinnamon, and tea ranked prominently among the motivations for European voyages of discovery. At the same time, colonial profits depended largely on natural historical exploration and the precise identification and effective cultivation of profitable plants. This volume breaks new ground by treating the development of the science of botany in its colonial context and situating the early modern exploration of the plant world at the volatile nexus of science, commerce, and state politics. Written by scholars as international as their subjects, Colonial Botany uncovers an emerging cultural history of plants and botanical practices in Europe and its possessions.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Leonard Bernstein: The Harvard Years, 1935-1939. This book is in very good condition, with only minor signs of shelf wear or aging.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Colonial Botany: Science, Commerce, and Politics in the Early Modern World. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: NF. First Edition. 1st ed [NAP], Folio, olive cloth, 143 pages, 149 illustrations with 142 plates in full color, select bibliography. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: a few tiny spots to top page edge, otherwise nearly new. "A deluxe portfolio of rare and precious botanical art, painted in Holland in the late 16th century by an unknown hand, and collected by the pharmacist Theodorus Clutius for reference purposes . never before published in this format or extent." The collection is housed in the Jagiellon University Library in Krakow, Poland. [from the jacket] A lovely book.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern EuropeAmong nature's most artful creations, shells have long inspired the curiosity and passion of artisans, artists, collectors, and thinkers. Conchophilia delves into the intimate relationship between shells and people, offering an unprecedented account of the early modern era, when the influx of exotic shells to Europe fueled their study and representation as never before. From elaborate nautilus cups and shell-encrusted grottoes to delicate miniatures, this richly illustrated book reveals how the love of shells intersected not only with the rise of natural history and global trade but also with philosophical inquiry, issues of race and gender, and the ascent of art-historical connoisseurship.Shells circulated at the nexus of commerce and intellectual pursuit, suggesting new ways of thinking about relationships between Europe and the rest of the world. The authors focus on northern Europe, where the interest and trade in shells had its greatest impact on the visual arts. They consider how shells were perceived as exotic objects, the role of shells in courtly collections, their place in still-life tableaus, and the connections between their forms and those of the human body. They examine how artists gilded, carved, etched, and inked shells to evoke the permeable boundary between art and nature. These interactions with shells shaped the ways that early modern individuals perceived their relation to the natural world, and their endeavors in art and the acquisition of knowledge.Spanning painting and print to architecture and the decorative arts, Conchophilia uncovers the fascinating ways that shells were circulated, depicted, collected, and valued during a time of remarkable global change.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. In the early modern world, botany was big science and big business, critical to Europe's national and trade ambitions. Tracing the dynamic relationships among plants, peoples, states, and economies over the course of three centuries, this collection of essays offers a lively challenge to a historiography that has emphasized the rise of modern botany as a story of taxonomies and "pure" systems of classification. Charting a new map of botany along colonial coordinates, reaching from Europe to the New World, India, Asia, and other points on the globe, Colonial Botany explores how the study, naming, cultivation, and marketing of rare and beautiful plants resulted from and shaped European voyages, conquests, global trade, and scientific exploration. From the earliest voyages of discovery, naturalists sought profitable plants for king and country, personal and corporate gain. Costly spices and valuable medicinal plants such as nutmeg, tobacco, sugar, Peruvian bark, peppers, cloves, cinnamon, and tea ranked prominently among the motivations for European voyages of discovery. At the same time, colonial profits depended largely on natural historical exploration and the precise identification and effective cultivation of profitable plants. This volume breaks new ground by treating the development of the science of botany in its colonial context and situating the early modern exploration of the plant world at the volatile nexus of science, commerce, and state politics. Written by scholars as international as their subjects, Colonial Botany uncovers an emerging cultural history of plants and botanical practices in Europe and its possessions.…

Hardcover. Olive cloth, pale green & color illus. dust jacket, 144 pp., 142 color plates, 7 BW illus. "Presents a deluxe portfolio of rare and precious botanical art. Painted in Holland in the late sixteenth century by an unknown hand or hands, these magnificent images were collection by the pharmacist Theodorus Clutius, to be used as reference works for both artists and doctors. .For lovers of botanical art these exquisite and unique works are therefore a remarkable discovery; rivaling the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Durer in beauty and accuracy, they represent that dramatic time when brilliant artistic expression matched groundbreaking scientific inquiry: the era we call the Renaissance." (dj). VG. creasing to some cover corners. speckled foxing to cover pastedowns, otherwise clean & bright. dustjacket has creasing to corners; edge-wear; slight chips.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine.

Condizione: new.