Hunter Michael: 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 - 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
ISBN: 978-1-03-240227-7
GTIN: 9781032402277

Über den Autor Hunter Michael

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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