The Natural History of Selborne (Penguin Classics)

White, Gilbert

ISBN 10: 0140431128 / ISBN 13: 9780140431124

Edité par Penguin Classics, 1977

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Synopsis :

More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.

À propos de l'auteur: Edited with an introduction by Richard Mabey

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Natural History of Selborne (Penguin ...
Éditeur : Penguin Classics
Date d'édition : 1977
Reliure : Mass Market Paperback
Etat : Very Good