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01653aam a2200373 i 4500 001 087D91146B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150629s2015 enkac b 001 0beng 020 $a 1842465961 020 $a 9781842465967 035 $a (OCoLC)927412431 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d EUW $d EQO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d EYM $d OBE $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a QH31 S625 H46x 2015 100 1 $a Henderson, Paul, $d 1940- $e author. 245 10 $a James Sowerby : $b the enlightenment's natural historian / $c Paul Henderson. 264 1 $a Richmond, Surrey, UK : $b Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, $c 2015. 300 $a 331 pages : $b colour illustrations, portraits ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Precarious start -- Rising reputation -- The distant suburb -- The two Jameses -- Sowerby's botany -- Models and museum -- Troublesome exotic floras -- Sowerby's whale -- Minerals, crystals and colours -- Meteorites and a 'sword from heaven' -- A lot of rot -- Mineral conchology -- Societies philosophical and chemical -- Passing the baton. 600 10 $a Sowerby, James, $d 1757-1822. 650 0 $a Naturalists $x History. 650 0 $a Botanists $x History. 650 0 $a Natural history. 650 0 $a Botany $x History. 650 0 $a Fossils $x History. 650 0 $a Minerals $x History. 710 2 $a Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826044451.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=087D91146B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search