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Animal, vegetable, mineral : organising nature, a picture album

by Wellcome Collection, Tim Dee, Honor Beddard

This work examines the 18th and 19th-century infographics and classification systems used to organise the natural world. It features specimen illustrations, taxonomy charts, and colour dictionaries documenting historical attempts to identify and categorise nature.

Accession 11832 ISBN 9780957028593 Publisher Wellcome Collection
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