Author

Publication

1980 - Cape, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780224014489
  • Open LibraryOL15467165M

Classifications

  • DDC500
  • LCCQH137 .B372
  • LCCQH21E5 B37
and 1 more
  • LCCQH138.A1

Description

"A study of the Victorian obsession with natural history incorporates portraits of the most popular naturalists--many of them notorious eccentrics--and examines the attempt to inculcate moral principles through natural theology." -- Amazon.com viewed November 5, 2020.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The heyday of natural history, 1820-1870Cape1980

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