"Capturing Nature is the ultimate guide to nature printing a beautiful and invaluable
reference work for scholars artists designers botanists and anyone interested in nature
botanical illustration and printing. Hailed as the earliest precursor to photography nature
printing is the practice of using impressions from the surface of natural objects such as
leaves flowering plants ferns seaweed snakeskin and more to produce an image. The Zucker
Collection is the most extensive collection of nature prints ever assembled with more than 13
000 images across 130 rare and seminal works from 1733 to 1902 including journals published
books unique manuscripts American currency and instructional texts related to nature
printing. For the first time readers will be able to view these nature prints presented side
by side enabling unique comparisons and undertaking a visually stunning journey through the
developments over a 150-year period in printing methods including photography and examples of
cyanotypes"--Publisher's description
