Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Minerology, Anatomy and the Arts Collection_Moon Phase Windrush is an essential record

Windrush is an essential record of this transformative era in British social history

recalled that he owed much of his early education in optics and the other sciences to the Encyclopedia Londinensis

Maiden Voyages is a fascinating portrait of women during the golden age of transatlantic travel

Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'

Peacock & Mansfield

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Minerology, Anatomy and the Arts Collection_Moon Phase Windrush is an essential recordIn the pre photographic age, almost all visual details had to be captured using the written word, and scientific observers could not afford any ambiguity in their descriptions. These included Charles Darwin, for whom Werner's Nomenclature was an indispensable tool during his seminal voyage on the Beagle. Werner's Nomenclature of Colours is a charming artefact from the age of explorers, which continues to be treasured by artists and scientists alike.