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BIBLIOGRAPHIA ZOOLOGIAE ET GEOLOGIAE 4 VOLUME SET
A GENERAL CATALOGUE OF ALL BOOKS, TRACTS, AND MEMOIRS ON ZOOLOGY AND GEOLOGY |
| By: |
Louis Agassiz, H. E. Strickland (Editor) |
| Format: |
Multiple copy pack |
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£139.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108062547 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108062541 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
31 May, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences |
| Pages: |
2348 |
| Description: |
This four-volume catalogue, published 1848-54, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available at the time. |
| Synopsis: |
Born in Switzerland, Louis Agassiz (1807-73) distinguished himself as one of the most capable and industrious naturalists of the nineteenth century, working in fields as diverse as ichthyology and glaciology. In the late 1840s, he moved to North America, where he became a professor of zoology at Harvard and established the Museum of Comparative Zoology. His extensive bibliography of all known works relating to zoology and geology, which he had compiled for private use, was revised and substantially expanded by the English naturalist Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-53) and published by the Ray Society in four volumes between 1848 and 1854. As such, it stands as the fullest record of the existing scientific literature just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. The first volume provides a global list of all relevant periodicals before beginning the principal list of works, arranged alphabetically by author, which is continued in the later volumes. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |