Linnaeus: Nature and Nation by Lisbet Koerner - 1999-01-06

Hardback. Very Good.

hc. Good+. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC.

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harvard University Press, 1999-12-17. Hardcover. Good. 0.9882 in x 9.4882 in x 6.4094 in. DJ bumped and creased, small puncture in front panel. Board underneath is only superficially damaged. Stain on upper edge of pages, text is clean and clear. Binding tight.

Harvard University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Little used. 298 pp.

Harvard University Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Little used. 298 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. viii, 298 pages. Chronology. Map. Biographical References. Abbreviations. Notes. Works Cited; Index. Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 - 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linne, was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who formalized the modern system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He is known by the epithet "father of modern taxonomy."Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks, and secret diaries, Lisbet Koerner tells the moving story of one of the most famous naturalists who ever lived, the Swedish-born botanist and systematizer, Carl Linnaeus. The first scholarly biography of this great Enlightenment scientist in almost one hundred years, Koerner recounts for the first time her subject's grand and bizarre economic projects: to "teach" tea, saffron, and rice to grow on the Arctic tundra and to domesticate… Read More

Harvard University Press, 1999-12-17. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Pr. New. 1999. Hardcover. 0674097459 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED -- 298 pages." Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks, and secret diaries, Lisbet Koerner tells the moving story of one of the most famous naturalists who ever lived, the Swedish-born botanist and systematizer, Carl Linnaeus. The first scholarly biography of this great Enlightenment scientist in almost one hundred years, Linnaeus also recounts for the first time Linnaeus' grand and bizarre economic projects: to "teach" tea, saffron, and rice to grow on the Arctic tundra and to domesticate buffaloes, guinea pigs, and elks as Swedish farm animals. Koerner's narrative goes against the grain of Linnaean scholarship old and new by analyzing not how modern Linnaeus was, but how he understood science in his time. 'It is… Read More