Re: Lankester Extinct Animals 1905

[Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>]

> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:40:34 EDT
> From: Danvarner@aol.com
> 
>> Does anyone know of any book earlier than Edwin Ray Lankester's
>> Extinct Animals (1905) that had an extensive collection of images
>> of dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasties?
> 
> You need a copy of: Rudwick, M. J. S. 1992. : SCENES FROM DEEP
> TIME. xiii + 280 p., 105 figs.  (H) Mint. ; Rudwick,
> M. J. S. 1992. SCENES FROM DEEP TIME. Early pictorial
> representations of the prehistorical world xiii + 280 p., 105 figs.

And while this doesn't directly answer your question, you may find the
``Paper Dinosaurs'' exhibition's web site useful --
http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/dino/welcome.htm

Notes from the FAQ's entry on this site --

        This is a very beautiful web site, created by the Linda Hall
        Library, Kansas City, to accompany the ``Paper Dinosaurs''
        exhibition that ran from October 1996 to April 1997. Although
        the exhibition itself is long gone, the web site lives on. Not
        only that, but it includes supplementary exhibits which
        weren't in the physical version.

        The site consists of 49 main exhibits, plus another 35
        supplementary ones. Each represent a significant publication
        in dinosaur history, from Buckland's original Megalosaurus
        notice, through Hawkins' Crystal Palace sculptures, Cope's
        ``Laelaps'' reconstruction, Oliver Hay's ludicrous sprawling
        Diplodocus and the work of Charles Knight and Rudolf
        Zallinger, finishing with Ostrom's 1969 Deinonychus paper,
        featuring Bakker's illustration, that was so instrumental in
        ushering in the modern era. The exhibits contain a few
        paragraphs of discussion and/or quotes from the various
        publications together with reproductions of the key
        illustrations.

        It's absolutely fascinating to see how the perception of
        dinosaurs has changed in 177 years.

Hops that's at least somewhat helpful.

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