The Compleat Naturalist, A Life of Linnaeus
by Blunt, Wilfrid
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Frances Lincoln. 2001. Small quarto. cloth boards, dustjacket, colour illus, b&w illus, maps, pp 264. Previous owner's small label title page, and UK postage stamps celebrating the bicentenary of the Linnean Society tipped in. Dustjacket worn, chipped and creased to edges. Very good condition in good d.j. Biography of the Swedish botanist (1707 - 1778), known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Profusely illustrated. 1st thus. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101505
- Title
- The Compleat Naturalist, A Life of Linnaeus
- Author
- Blunt, Wilfrid
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Art, Biography, Botany, Craft, England, Fauna, Linnean, Museums, Natural History, Sweden
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Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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