Ernst Haeckel spent decades making the invisible visible. As a 19th-century naturalist and scientific illustrator, he worked at the border where biology becomes art — drawing radiolarians, jellyfish, embryos, and coral with a precision that was also, somehow, ecstatic. The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel gathers over 700 of his plates into a single monumental volume: a record of the natural world seen through the eyes of someone who found it almost unbearably beautiful.
Published by Taschen in 2017 and edited by Rainer Willmann and Julia Voss, this is the definitive collection of Haeckel's scientific illustrations, many of which look more like Art Nouveau than field biology — because, in fact, they helped create it. His imagery shaped a generation of designers, architects, and decorative artists, and continues to circulate wherever humans try to make order look alive.
This copy is Like New. The linen-bound covers show no wear; the plates are pristine. A large-format collector's edition in exceptional condition.
Ernst Haeckel spent decades making the invisible visible. As a 19th-century naturalist and scientific illustrator, he worked at the border where biology becomes art — drawing radiolarians, jellyfish, embryos, and coral with a precision that was also, somehow, ecstatic. The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel gathers over 700 of his plates into a single monumental volume: a record of the natural world seen through the eyes of someone who found it almost unbearably beautiful.
Published by Taschen in 2017 and edited by Rainer Willmann and Julia Voss, this is the definitive collection of Haeckel's scientific illustrations, many of which look more like Art Nouveau than field biology — because, in fact, they helped create it. His imagery shaped a generation of designers, architects, and decorative artists, and continues to circulate wherever humans try to make order look alive.
This copy is Like New. The linen-bound covers show no wear; the plates are pristine. A large-format collector's edition in exceptional condition.
