Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland ; edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson ; translated by Sylvie Romanowski.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
xx, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 poster (60 x 98 cm., folded to 12 x 19 cm.)
Folded poster in pocket. Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274)
Contents:
Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland; translated by Sylvie Romanowski -- Text of Humboldt's Tableau physique / translated by Sylvie Romanowski -- Humboldt's pictorial science : an analysis of the Tableau physique des Andes et Pays voisins / Sylvie Romanowski -- Plant species cited in Humboldt's Essay and Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson -- Instruments utilized in developing the Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson -- Biographical sketches / Stephen T. Jackson -- Bibliographical essay and bibliography / Stephen T. Jackson.
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