Books and naturalists / David Elliston Allen.
Books and naturalists / David Elliston Allen.
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Publisher
London : Collins, 2010.
Date
2010.
Call Numbers
N508.0941/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 495 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents
Books and naturalists -- The earliest authors -- Disguise discarded -- Intermission -- The Linnaean spring -- Zoology catches up -- The Linnaean autumn -- Self-help -- The popularisation explosion -- The nineteenth-century publishers -- Contingent damage -- Victorian high tide -- Wider and deeper st...
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Publisher
London : Collins, 2010.
Series
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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State Reference Library copy : issue in Supervised area.
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Summary
"Though met with mixed responses from scientists and naturalists across the centuries, believing the world around them was to be purely 'known' and not read, books on natural history have also come to incite passion and excitement in so many of their readers, and illustrations as much as text have helped to propel this. To have the world around us...
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Full title
Books and naturalists / David Elliston Allen.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The new naturalist library ; [112]
Series numbering from dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-478) and index.
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N508.0941/1
Record Identifier
74VKqd8Xwgbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqd8Xwgbl
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ISBN
0007240848 (hbk.)
9780007300174 (pbk.)
0007300174 (pbk.)
9780007240845 (hbk.)
DDC
508.0941
MMS ID
991020171259702626
