Great natural history books and their creators /

Great natural history books and their creators /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desmond, Ray
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK : New Castle, DE : British Library ; Oak Knoll Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Natural history literature > History.
Natural history > Bio-bibliography.
Books, Illustrated > history.
Natural History.
Natural History > Biobibliography.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.