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Cornell University Library, 2009-08-10. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cleveland:: The Burrows Brothers, 1899., 1899. 8vo. 175, [1] pp. Portrait frontis., tissue overlay, two illus., index, bibliography, appendix; tissue and title page foxing. Blue cloth with paper spine label, t.e.g.; corner bumped. Burndy bookplate, gift of Bern Dibner, ink signature of "T. Otis Fuller" [Timothy Otis Fuller (1845-1916)] [of Needham, Massachusetts, known for his studies of ornithology and botany] with date, "Oct. 17. 1899." Very good. Rare. One of only 250 numbered copies. This copy is a "Review Copy". Rafinesque "was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics. Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an "erratic genius." He was an autodidact who excelled in various fields of knowledge, as a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot. He wrote prolifically on such diverse topics as anthropology, biology, geology, and linguistics, but was honored in… Leer más