To see accurate pricing, please choose your delivery country.
 
 
United States
£ GBP
All Shops

British Wildlife

8 issues per year 84 pages per issue Subscription only

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Subscriptions from £33 per year

Conservation Land Management

4 issues per year 44 pages per issue Subscription only

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Subscriptions from £26 per year
Academic & Professional Books  Natural History  Art

Natural History Drawings The Complete William Farquhar Collection Malay Peninusla 1803-1818

Art / Photobook
By: John Bastin(Author), Chong Guan Kwa(Author)
336 pages, 475+ colour illustrations
Natural History Drawings
Click to have a closer look
  • Natural History Drawings ISBN: 9789814217699 Hardback Nov 2010 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
    £24.95
    #228060
Price: £24.95
About this book Customer reviews Biography Related titles

About this book

This is a wonderfully illustrated and evocative look at the natural history of the Malay Peninsula. Now for the first time, all 477 drawings of the flora and fauna of the Malay Peninsula commissioned by Colonel William Farquhar during his time as British Resident and Commandant of Malacca from 1803 to 1818, are published in one volume. Covering a wide spectrum of species, the evocative paintings were rendered in brilliant watercolour by Chinese artists who employed both Chinese and Western painting techniques. In an era when photography was non-existent, the only means of recording nature and wildlife was through painting. Accompanied by authoritative essays and detailed captions, Natural History Drawings is a fascinating window both into the natural history of the time and the 19th-century British settlement in the Malay Peninsula.

Customer Reviews

Biography

Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was Commandant of Malacca in 1803, where he was able to indulge his passion for natural history. After the handover of Malacca to the Dutch in 1818, he met Stamford Raffles, whom he would assist in the founding of modern Singapore.

Art / Photobook
By: John Bastin(Author), Chong Guan Kwa(Author)
336 pages, 475+ colour illustrations
Current promotions
New and Forthcoming BooksNHBS Moth TrapBritish Wildlife MagazineBuyers Guides