Natural history and the new world, 1524-1770: An annotated bibliography of printed materials in the Library of the American Philosophical Society (Publication / American Philosophical Society Library)

Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Library, 1986. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Signed. Publication / American Philosophical Society Library ; no. 11 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Yellow pictorial softcover with black titling on front and spine; edges a bit softened at extremities, and rear cover has 3 tiny brown impression marks with some rubbing/reddish staining (see photo). Spine is faded but uncreased. Interior and text are unmarked. Small quarto. (7 x 10 ins.) Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 'In the early modern period, natural history was a covering science which included every aspect of nature--plants, animals, rocks and minerals, geography, and climate, as well as human beings and their behavior. This bibliography includes works on all these topics, running in time from the Cosmographicus Liber of Peter Apianus...to the 1770 translation of Per Kalm's Travels in North America. In choosing a cutoff date of 1770, I have attempted to complement Max Meisel's magisterial Bibliography of American Natural History which begins with the year 1769.... I have included only printed books, pamphlets and broadsides...[and] works covering the whole of the New World, north and south.' (-from the Introduction) Includes geographical and chronological indexes. 83 p. ; 26 cm.