Book contents
- Worlds of Natural History
- Advance praise for Worlds of Natural History
- Frontispiece
- Worlds of Natural History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Early modern ventures
- II Enlightened orders
- 9 The materials of natural history
- 10 Experimental natural history
- 11 Spatial arrangement and systematic order
- 12 Linnaean paper tools
- 13 Image and nature
- 14 Botanical conquistadors
- 15 Bird sellers and animal merchants
- 16 Vegetable empire
- III Publics and empires
- IV Connecting and conserving
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
9 - The materials of natural history
from II - Enlightened orders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2018
Book contents
- Worlds of Natural History
- Advance praise for Worlds of Natural History
- Frontispiece
- Worlds of Natural History
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I Early modern ventures
- II Enlightened orders
- 9 The materials of natural history
- 10 Experimental natural history
- 11 Spatial arrangement and systematic order
- 12 Linnaean paper tools
- 13 Image and nature
- 14 Botanical conquistadors
- 15 Bird sellers and animal merchants
- 16 Vegetable empire
- III Publics and empires
- IV Connecting and conserving
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
- Type
- Chapter
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- Worlds of Natural History , pp. 151 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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