The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn
by Richard Mabey
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1846684072
- ISBN 13
- 9781846684074
- Seller
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Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Profile Books, 2011. Very good/Very good. 12mo. 185 x 120mm, 110 pages. Woodcuts? Book condition: Very good, clean blue boards, tight binding, no inscriptions. Jacket condition: Very good, clean, bright, not faded, not creased, not price-clipped. Comments: The author investigates and discusses how our senses - sight, taste, smell, touch and sound affect our interactions with nature in six separate articles.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
In these elegant, short essays, revered nature writer Richard Mabey, attempts to marry a Romantic's view of the natural world with that of the meticulous observations of the scientist. By Romanticism he refers to the view that nature isn't a machine to be dissected, but a community of which we, the observers, are inextricably part. And that our feelings about that community are a perfectly proper subject for reflection, because they shape our relationship with it. Scientists eshew such a subjective response, wanting to witness the natural world exactly, whatever feelings subsequently follow. Our feelings are an extension of our senses - sight, taste, smell, touch and sound - and here, in a sextet of inspiring meditations, Mabey explores each sensory response in what it means to interact with nature. From birdsong to poetry, from Petri-dish to microscope, this is a joyful union of meandering thoughts and intimate memories.
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- Bookseller
- Pullet's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002567
- Title
- The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn
- Author
- Richard Mabey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1846684072
- ISBN 13
- 9781846684074
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall
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