Views of nature, or contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation, with scientific illustrations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn.

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Views of nature, or contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation, with scientific illustrations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London : H.G. Bohn, 1850.

Physical description

xxx (including frontispiece), 452 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, color frontispiece, facsimiles ; (8vo).

Notes

Translation of his Ansichten der Natur
"Humboldt's Cosmos. Henry G. Bohn's rejoinder, Feb. 28, 1849": 7, [1] p. at end
"A select catalogue of new books at reduced prices published or sold by Henry G. Bohn": 40 p. at end
Copy 1 Note: Two copies with at end Bohn's 'Rejoinder' to Longman and Murray (p. 7), comparing his ed. of Humboldt's 'Cosmos' with theirs; each copy has a different publisher's catalogue (p. 32 and 40)

Contents

Steppes and deserts.--Cataracts of the Orinoco.--Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forests.--Ideas for a physiognomy of plants.--On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth.--Vital force, or The Rhodian genius.--The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes.

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