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Stuffing birds, pressing plants, shaping knowledge : natural history in North America, 1730-1860
- Title
- Stuffing birds, pressing plants, shaping knowledge : natural history in North America, 1730-1860 / Sue Ann Prince, editor.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, 2003.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 04-1569 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Prince, Sue Ann.
- Description
- xvi, 113 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 93, pt. 4
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.
- Contents
- Preserving nature for study and display / Robert McCracken Peck -- Alcohol and arsenic, pepper, and pitch : brief histories of preservation techniques / Robert McCracken Peck -- Surface and depth : the art of early American natural history / Michael Gaudio -- Nature and nation : natural history in context / Joyce Elizabeth Chaplin.
- Call Number
- JFF 04-1569
- ISBN
- 0871699346 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2003056004
- OCLC
- 52464676
- Title
- Stuffing birds, pressing plants, shaping knowledge : natural history in North America, 1730-1860 / Sue Ann Prince, editor.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, 2003.
- Series
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 93, pt. 4
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 96) and index.
- Added Author
- Prince, Sue Ann.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 04-1569