Reading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575-1715

Reading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575-1715
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 495
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ISBN-10 : 9789004186712
ISBN-13 : 9004186719
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Download or read book Reading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575-1715 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conviction that Nature was God's second revelation played a crucial role in early modern Dutch culture. This book offers a fascinating account on how Dutch intellectuals contemplated, investigated, represented and collected natural objects, and how the notion of the 'Book of Nature' was transformed.


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