Los animales en la ciencia y la vida humana

Synopsis of Los animales en la ciencia y la vida humana

«Los animales en la ciencia y la vida humana» is the illustrated catalogue by José María López Piñero and F. Jerez Moliner (Fundación Bancaja, paperback).

This catalogue spans a millennium of zoology and illustration, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, through engravings and old books. It brings together holdings from the Library and Historical-Medical Museum of the Universitat de València and shows how images of animals unite science, art, and human life.

Published in 2001, the book has 315 pages in Spanish. Its subtitle is «Ilustraciones zoológicas de un milenio (siglos XI-XX)».

Aimed at those interested in the history of science, zoology, and scientific illustration.