Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, presented by the American Philosophical Society at Philosophical Hall, Philadelphia, Penn., June 20, 2003-Dec. 31, 2004--Cf. title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 96) and index.

The Curatorial Department of the American Philosophical Society presents a catalogue of the exhibition being held in Philosophical Hall from June 2003 through December 2004. The exhibit focuses on the blending of art & science in the study of natural history in North America. It explores the cultural assumptions that governed the practice of natural history on the North American continent in the 18th & early 19th centuries. Focusing on the study of living things -- plants, animals, & indigenous peoples -- it looks at how & why Euro-Americans of the Enlightenment & post-Enlightenment periods went about explaining the world the way they did. Exhibit items include historical specimens, manuscript materials, first-edition books, & art work --,Provided by Publisher.

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