Buy this book on-line Ritvo, Harriet : The Platypus and the Mermaid and Other Figments of the Classifying ImaginationHarvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1997
B&W Illustrations This entertaining book captivates the fervor of the Victorian age for classifying and categorizing every new specimen, plant or animal, that British explorers and soldiers and sailors brought home, Fine in Fine DJ, 8vo Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ritvo, Harriet : The Platypus and the Mermaid and Other Figments of the Classifying Imagination. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres rares, atlases, collectables and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |