William Bartram, the Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters & Unpublished Writings Hardcover - 2010
by William Bartram; Contribution by Joel Fry; Contribution by Kathryn Braund
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An important figure in early American science and letters, William Bartram (1739-1823) has been known almost exclusively for his classic book, Travels. William Bartram, The Search for Nature's Design presents new material in the form of art, letters, and unpublished manuscripts. These documents expand our knowledge of Bartram as an explorer, naturalist, artist, writer, and citizen of the early Republic.
Part One, the correspondence, includes letters to and from Bartram's family, friends, and peers, establishing his developing consciousness about the natural world as well as his passion for rendering it in drawing. The difficult business of undertaking scientific study and commercial botany in the eighteenth century comes alive through letters that detail travel arrangements, enduring hardship, and mentoring. Commonly regarded as a recluse or eccentric, Bartram instead emerges as deeply engaged with the major ideas, issues, and intellectual life of his time.
Part Two presents selections from Bartram's diverse but little-known unpublished writings. Leading scholars in their field introduce manuscripts such as a draft for Travels, garden diaries faithfully kept, an antislavery treatise scrawled on the back of a plant catalog, a commonplace book, pharmacopia compiled for his brothers, and exacting accounts of Native American culture. Each selection reveals another dimension of Bartram's unending interest in the world he encountered at home and traveling the southern colonies.Details
- Title William Bartram, the Search for Nature's Design: Selected Art, Letters & Unpublished Writings
- Author William Bartram; Contribution by Joel Fry; Contribution by Kathryn Braund
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 520
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA
- Date 2010-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780820328775 / 0820328774
- Weight 4.15 lbs (1.88 kg)
- Dimensions 10.3 x 7.4 x 1.8 in (26.16 x 18.80 x 4.57 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Library of Congress subjects Naturalists - United States, Bartram, William
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009022219
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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