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English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683–1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia and, after a seven-year stay, returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. Impressed by his collection, several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America where he cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds, specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches. Catesby devoted much of the rest of his life to producing his breathtakingly beautiful illustrated treatise The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, which documents the plants and animals he encountered in his exploration. Over 250 years later, this work continues to be a work that is deeply admired by scientists, artists, historians, and lovers of natural history alike.
In a talk presented at Mann Library in April 2017, Leslie Overstreet, contributing author of the book The Curious Mister Catesby: A "Truly Ingenious" Naturalist Explores New Worlds (University of Georgia Press, March 2015), explores the story behind Catesby’s masterpiece, providing insight into the printing history of this monumental work, the contributions it made to scientific knowledge of the day, and the role that books have played as valued artifacts in Western culture. Ms. Overstreet is the director of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History and the Curator of Natural-History Rare Books at the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington D.C. Her book talk at Mann Library was part of the special spring 2017 exhibition program, “Mark Catesby: Naturalist in North America,” co-sponsored by Mann Library and the Section of Horticulture in the Cornell School of Integrative Plant Sciences.