Capturing nature : 150 years of nature printing
(Book - Regular Print)

Title page is on page [41]; colophon is on page 312.

Originally published in 2022 with a limited run by Zucker Art Books.

"Capturing Nature presents forty-five varied nature printing methods, identified from books and journals within the Zucker Collection, which covers the period 1733 to 1902. These forty-five methods, as we have defined them, are described in two chapters: "Direct Impressions," which lists methods of printing directly from a plant or natural object; "Indirect Impressions," which lists methods where a printing plate has been made. ... The booklist, in the center of the book, lists, in chronological order, the 130 books and journals that make up the Zucker Collection. Each item has been assigned a unique number, ranging from B001 to B130, which is used throughout the book to identify that particular publication"--Page 47.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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