A study of the life of the great palaeontologist, Louis Agassiz, written by his American wife, Elizabeth. Containing correspondence between Agassiz and other great men of science including Georges Cuvier, Friedrich Heinrich Humboldt, Charles Lyell, Hugh Miller and Richard Owen, this two-volume work offers an intriguing insight into the life and times of one of the "founding fathers" of American natural history. The work is more than just a labour of love by someone who knew him well; it is a workmanlike study which will ...
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A study of the life of the great palaeontologist, Louis Agassiz, written by his American wife, Elizabeth. Containing correspondence between Agassiz and other great men of science including Georges Cuvier, Friedrich Heinrich Humboldt, Charles Lyell, Hugh Miller and Richard Owen, this two-volume work offers an intriguing insight into the life and times of one of the "founding fathers" of American natural history. The work is more than just a labour of love by someone who knew him well; it is a workmanlike study which will ensure that the papers and documents detailing his influential scientific discoveries are preserved. It is a testament to a great scientific mind and popularizer of science. This resource should be of interest to scholars of natural history and evolutionary thought, and historians of biology. The volume includes frontispiece portraits.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Good. Octavo. Two volume set. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Grey endpapers. Previous owner`s blind stamp on flyleaf and first page. Volume I: xi; 400pp. Frontispiece from a pastel drawing depicting Agassiz aged nineteen. Six black and white illustrations in total. Spine ends worn and corners rubbed. Some scuffing to both covers. Previous owner`s details in ink on flyleaf. Volume II: vii; pages 401-794, including index. List of works by author, published by Houghton Mifflin. Frontispiece from a portrait of the author aged fifty-five. Six black and white illustrations in total. Spine ends worn and corners rubbed. Some scuffing to both covers and a small black mark on back cover. Front gutter is weak and has a two-inch split.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fair. 794 total, 2-vol. set, illus., index, boards worn and soiled, spines quite worn, some pages have edge tears, hole in front flyleaf v.1. Agassiz was one of the most important naturalists in the United States in the nineteenth century, greatly influential and the author of a number of important works. This book contains correspondence between Agassiz and other great men of science, including Alexander von Humboldt, Georges Cuvier, Charles Lyell, and Richard Owen, and offers an intriguing insight into the life and times of this important paleontologist.
