'An indispensable resource' Rare Book Review 'This magnificent collection of more than 2,200 letters will restore Banks to his rightful position as one of the most influential men of the Enlightenment.' The Guardian 'Accessible and attractive ... illuminating volumes' Isis 'These six volumes offer entertaining reading as well as a rich resource for future scholarship.' Medical History 'Chambers's collections of Banks's letters not only provide an invaluable scholarly resource, but give a wonderful flavour of the world that produced Banks, and which he then proceeded to shape.' Times Literary Supplement

A record of fifty years of intellectual and technological activity. This record provides an insight into the development of science and discovery from the Eighteenth to the early Nineteenth Century. It links British science and society to developments on the continent of Europe, the West Indies, North America and to countries farther afield.
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A record of fifty years of intellectual and technological activity. This record provides an insight into the development of science and discovery from the Eighteenth to the early Nineteenth Century. It links British science and society to developments on the continent of Europe, the West Indies, North America and to countries farther afield.
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volume 1 General Introduction , Letters 1765–1782, volume 2 Letters 1782–1784, The Middle Period, 1785–1799, volume 3 Letters 1785–1790, volume 4 Letters 1790–1799, The Late Period, 1800–1820, volume 5 Letters 1800–1809, volume 6 Letters 1809–1820, Calendar of Correspodence, Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781851967667
Publisert
2007-04-25
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
3450 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Antall sider
3088

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Editor Neil Chambers is Research Curator of the Banks Archive Project at the Natural History Museum, London