Nature's Second Kingdom: Explorations of Vegetality in the Eighteenth Century by Delaporte, Francois (Translated by Arthur Goldhammer) - 1982

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : M.I.T., 1982. English translated edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xii,266p : ill ; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography: p233-252. - Includes index. Translation of: Le second règne de la nature. Originally published as: le second règne de la nature. - Paris: flammarion, 1979. Contents: Includes brief biographies of people mentioned in the text. Subjects: 18th century.Botany History 18th century.Botany history. Botany.

Cambridge, Massachussetts: The MIT Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 0262040662 . Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Abrasion to rear endpaper. Some adhesive tape stains to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xii, [2], 266 pages. Cream boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 203 x 134mm. Some illustrations. Text in English, translated from the 1979 French edition "Le Second Règne de la Nature". "This is a very remarkable example of the epistemology of the history of science, as it has developed in France since Bachelard and Canguilhem." - Michael Foucault, quoted on rear panel of dust-jacket. "'Nature's Second Kingdom' charts the concepts and practices of eighteenth-century discourses on 'vegetality, ' the 'whatever it is' which is peculiar to plants." Contents: Translator's Note; Foreword by Georges Canguiilhem; Introduction; The… Read More

MIT Press, 1982-05. Hardcover. Good.