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Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, 2004. Soft Cover. xxvi, 184 p. : illus. (some col.), facsims. ; 28 cm Title continues: "Anita Cavagnaro Been ; with cataloguing records for selected titles prepared by Burton Van Name Edwards." Based on an exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library in 1998-99, this richly illustrated work presents the full range of New World animals as recorded by early naturalists. The book deals with North American, Caribbean, and Latin American species as presented in various narrative contexts, and comments on the distinctive style and emphasis of eighteenth-century observers who wrote from first-hand experience. Printed under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig at Stamperia Valdonega and designed and composed by Mark Argetsinger. Stock# 43,874. Vg / soft cover.
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Animals & Authors in the Eighteenth-Century Americas : a hemispheric look at the writing of natural history Paperback - 2004
by Been, Anita Cavagnaro, 1932-
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- Title Animals & Authors in the Eighteenth-Century Americas : a hemispheric look at the writing of natural history
- Author Been, Anita Cavagnaro, 1932-
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- Publisher Providence, R.I. : John Carter Brown Library, 2004, Providence
- Date 2004
- ISBN 9780916617592
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