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Michael Hunter

The Image of Restoration Science

The Frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667)

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This book is about a single image - the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal-Society of London (1667). Designed by John Evelyn, and etched by Wenceslaus Hollar, it is arguably the best-known representation of seventeenth-century English science. The use of such plates to celebrate and legitimise the 'new' science of the period falls into a tradition that was well-established both in Britain and in Europe more generally, and which has increasingly attract attention from historians. Nevertheless, there are many questions to be asked about it and how it came into being. Was it an original composition by Evelyn, or is it based on e… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-317-02787-4
  • EAN: 9781317027874
  • Produktnummer: 22014740
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 166 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 6'506 KB
  • Abbildungen: 84 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 84 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor


Michael Hunter, FBA, is Emeritus Professor of History in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of numerous books, including Boyle: Between God and Science (2009); Boyle Studies: Aspects of the Life and Thought of Robert Boyle (1627-91) (2015) and The Boyle Papers: Understanding the Manuscripts of Robert Boyle (2007); and is editor of Printed Images in Early Modern Britain: Essays in Interpretation (2010).

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