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William Bartram, the search for nature's design : selected art, letters, and unpublished writings / edited by Thomas Hallock & Nancy E. Hoffmann ; Joel T. Fry, associate editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Wormsloe Foundation nature bookPublication details: Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c2010.Description: xvi, 608 p. : col. ill., map ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780820328775 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0820328774 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QH31.B232 A4 2010
Other classification:
  • NU 5700
Online resources:
Contents:
Early years (1754-1765) -- "Tardy genius" (1766-1772) -- Travels south (1772-1776) -- From travels to travels (1780-1791) -- "The philosopher of Kingsessing" (1791-1803) -- Mentor (1803-1813) -- Memorials (1813-1849) -- William Bartram's "Commonplace book" -- William Bartram's draft manuscript for travels: private journal and public book -- "The dignity of human nature": William Bartram and the great chain of being -- Native Americans in William Bartram's "Hints & observations" -- All equally dear to God: William Bartram's antislavery manuscript -- The Bartram-Muhlenberg correspondence (1792-1810) -- The elements of botanical art: William Bartram, Benjamin Smith Barton, and the scientific imagination -- William Bartram and eighteenth-century medicine: a collection of recipes from post-revolutionary Philadelphia -- William Bartram's "Garden calendar" -- Appendixes: A. Calendar of correspondence -- B. Preliminary list of illustrations by William Bartram -- C. Chronology of William Bartram's travels, 1773-1777 -- D. Manuscript alterations and comments.
Summary: "William Bartram, the Search for Nature's Design provides, for the first time, a primary text survey of the full career of one of the most important North American naturalists of the eighteenth century, and a man whose travels, collections, gardens, writing, and expertise placed him at the center of an emergent global network of natural history correspondents.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK31.B23 H25 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800063299
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references ( [535]-549) and index.

Early years (1754-1765) -- "Tardy genius" (1766-1772) -- Travels south (1772-1776) -- From travels to travels (1780-1791) -- "The philosopher of Kingsessing" (1791-1803) -- Mentor (1803-1813) -- Memorials (1813-1849) -- William Bartram's "Commonplace book" -- William Bartram's draft manuscript for travels: private journal and public book -- "The dignity of human nature": William Bartram and the great chain of being -- Native Americans in William Bartram's "Hints & observations" -- All equally dear to God: William Bartram's antislavery manuscript -- The Bartram-Muhlenberg correspondence (1792-1810) -- The elements of botanical art: William Bartram, Benjamin Smith Barton, and the scientific imagination -- William Bartram and eighteenth-century medicine: a collection of recipes from post-revolutionary Philadelphia -- William Bartram's "Garden calendar" -- Appendixes: A. Calendar of correspondence -- B. Preliminary list of illustrations by William Bartram -- C. Chronology of William Bartram's travels, 1773-1777 -- D. Manuscript alterations and comments.

"William Bartram, the Search for Nature's Design provides, for the first time, a primary text survey of the full career of one of the most important North American naturalists of the eighteenth century, and a man whose travels, collections, gardens, writing, and expertise placed him at the center of an emergent global network of natural history correspondents.

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