SIGNED BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH! Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural Things

David Attenborough, Susan Owens, Martin Clayton, and Rea Alexandratos, Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery. London: Royal Collection Enterprises, 2007.

Hardcover, small quarto, dustwrapper, 223 pages, numerous illustrations.

Very good condition. SIGNED ON THE TITLE-PAGE BY DAVID ATTENBOROUGH.

"... Sir David Attenborough - the renowned naturalist and documentary-maker, and one of the natural world's best-loved commentators - leaves the here-and-now to explore the history of natural history instead. Joining expert curators from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle he explores the contributions of four great artists and one pre-eminent collector to this era of extraordinary scientific advances.

"Profusely illustrated throughout, this book is organized around a selection of exquisite drawings and watercolours by Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Mark Catesby; and the works collected by Cassiano dal Pozzo for his immense 'Paper Museum'."