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Views of nature : or, Contemplations of the sublime phenomena of creation with scientific illustrations / by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn ; with a frontispiece from a sketch by the author, a fac-simile of his handwriting and a comprehensive index.

Main Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Other Authors: Otté, Elsie C. , Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884.
Language(s): English ; German
Published: London : H.G. Bohn, 1850.
Subjects: Science.
Physical geography
Plant morphology
South America > Description and travel
Note: 32 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of text.
The frontis. was reproduced in colour using Baxter's patent oil colour printing.
Name of a previous owner: R. Beddington.
Stationer's label obscured by library label.
Translation of the 3rd ed. of Ansichten der Natur.
Physical Description: xxx, 452, 7, [2] leaves of plates : col. ill., facsim. ; 19 cm.
Original Format: Book
Original Classification Number: Q 171 .H923 1850a
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