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The Gentleman, the Virtuoso, the Inquirer: Vincencio Juan de Lastanosa and the Art of Collecting in Early Modern Spain, Edited by Mar Rey-Bueno and Miguel López-Pérez This book first published 2008 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2008 by Mar Rey Bueno and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-84718-648-3, ISBN (13): 9781847186485
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................... vii Lastanosa, Art and Science in Baroque. A Historiographical Experiment Mar Rey-Bueno & Miguel López-Pérez Chapter One................................................................................................. 1 Lastanosa as an Example of His Time: Natural History and Medicine Harold J. Cook Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 15 The Seventeenth-Century Spanish Scientific Culture: Spain, America, and the study of Nature Antonio Barrera Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 30 From Historia naturalis to Historia au naturale: Lastanosa and the Naked Truth John Slater Chapter Four.............................................................................................. 47 Typological Readings of Nature: The Book of Nature in Lastanosa’s Age Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 64 Looking at Exotica in Baroque Collections: The Object, the Viewer, and the Collection as a Space Daniela Bleichmar Chapter Six................................................................................................ 82 Friends, Scholars, Collectors: The Circle of Lastanosa Miguel López-Pérez Chapter Seven.......................................................................................... 101 The Seventh Desk: Mathematical Instruments, Philosophical Artifacts and the Secrets of Nature María M. Portuondo
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