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Discovering birds : the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline: 1760-1850

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    Catalogue

    • Object Type

      book

    • Name/Title
      Discovering birds : the emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline: 1760-1850
    • Primary Maker

       Paul Farber

    • Contributor/Publisher
      Johns Hopkins University Press
    • Place
      Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    • Date
      1997
    • Physical Description

      xxiii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

    • ISBN/ISSN
      0801855373
    • Level of Current Record
      Bib record
    • Member Object

      1 item in this collection. View all items.

    • Subject Category

      Ornithology--History

    • Public Access Text

      Originally published: The emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline, 1760-1850. Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston, U.S.A. : D. Reidel, c1982, in series: Studies in the history of modern science.

    • Collection Type
      Reading Room
    • Copyright
      All rights reserved
    • Last Update
      19 Dec 2023
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