Screen LibraryThe science of describing：natural history in Renaissance Europe
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University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 385 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0226620875 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226620879 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N095 |
| CLC: | N095 |
| Call Number: | N095/O347 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-365) and index. Introduction -- The world of Renaissance natural nistory -- The humanist invention of natural history -- A science of describing -- Common sense, classification, and the catalogue of nature -- Conclusion : what was Renaissance natural history. |