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Genre/Form: | Biobibliography Bio-bibliography History Biobibliographie |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Desmond, Ray. Great natural history books and their creators. London, UK : British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press, 2003 (OCoLC)676867923 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ray Desmond |
ISBN: | 0712347747 9780712347747 1584560908 9781584560906 |
OCLC Number: | 50410149 |
Description: | 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
Contents: | The book trade -- The discovery of the New World -- Investigating the flora of Asia -- A garden at Eichstätt -- Some early nurserymen's catalogues -- Professor Beringer's fossils -- A curious tale -- Banks's florilegium -- William Curtis -- The temple of Flora -- The birds of America -- Flora graeca -- Flora danica -- Nature printing and related methods -- Clerics as authors. |
Responsibility: | Ray Desmond. |
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Abstract:
Amongst the greatest books every created are the large-scale works of natural history researched and written by apothecaries and scientists. The stories behind such books are told by Ray Desmond, with reproduced colour plates from original copies in The British Library and other archives.
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