The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution by Harkness, Deborah E

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 2008. Soft Cover. Very Good. Minor spots to edge, else tight and clean.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

1st paperback prntg. There are no marks in or on the book, no highlighting, no rem-mark, and is clean and tight. Covers have no tears, chips or folds, and are clean. 349 pgs w/index and B&W illustrations.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Near Fine. 2007. Softcover; Trade PB. A new book received with faint edgewear and a few smudges on textblock edges. Includes bibliographical references and an index.; <B>Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life--lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants--participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times<p>Deborah E. Harkness is a professor of history at the University of Southern California and the bestselling author of the "A Discovery of Witches" series. She explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters, she contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific… Read More

Yale Univ Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 384 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. This book examines six episodes of scientific inquiry and dispute in sixteenth-century London, bringing to life the individuals involved and the challenges they faced.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. Card covers in bright condition, contents unmarked. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.