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Cosmos : a sketch of a physical description of the universe / by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté ; introduction by Michael Dettelbach.
Van Pelt Library QB981 .H8613 1997 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
- Series:
- Foundations of natural history
- Standardized Title:
- Kosmos. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmology.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Balitmore : Johns Hopkins Press, <1997- >.
- Summary:
- The first volume of "Cosmos," his five-volume survey of the universe, appeared in 1845, though Humboldt had labored on the entire work for nearly half a century. He scrupulously sent sections of the work to other experts for suggestions and corrections. The last volume, put together from his notes after his death, appeared in 1861. The volumes were translated almost as rapidly as they appeared. This paperback edition reprints the Harper & Brothers edition, published in New York in 1858-59.
- Notes:
- Previously published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1858.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0801855020
- 0801855039
- OCLC:
- 35360632
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