Collecting nature : a history of the herbarium and natural specimens / Clive Aslet, Svante Helmbaek Tirén ; translation from Swedish [of Svante Helmbaek Tirén's text]: Fern Scott Olsson.

"The history of collecting natural history specimens touches upon many aspects of our past. The fascination with nature was at least as important for its view of humanity as for science. One telling example is the Timm Natural Collection at Engelsberg Ironworks, created by the ironworks proprietor G...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Naturaliesamlandet i historien. English
Main Authors: Aslet, Clive, 1955- (Author)
Helmbaek Tirén, Svante, 1988- (Author)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Swedish
Language and/or Writing System:
Part translated from Swedish.
Published: Stockholm, Sweden : Bokförlaget Stolpe, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Timm, Gabriel Casper > Natural history collections.
Timm, Paul August > Natural history collections.
Engelsbergs bruk (Ängelsberg, Sweden)
Natural history > History.
Natural history > Pictorial works.
Biological specimens > Collection and preservation.
Biological specimens > Collection and preservation > Sweden.
Botanical specimens > Collection and preservation.
Botanical specimens > Collection and preservation > Sweden.
Herbaria.
Herbaria > Sweden.
Collectors and collecting > Sweden.
Timmons family.
Collectors and collecting.
Natural history.
Sweden.
History.
Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
History.
Physical Description:166 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 31 x 24 cm
Format: Book

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