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On the plains, and among the peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell made her natural history collection / by Mary Dartt.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Mary Emma Dartt, 1842-1940, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maxwell, Martha, 1831-1881.
- Maxwell, Martha.
- Zoology--Colorado.
- Zoology.
- Hunting--Colorado.
- Hunting.
- Naturalists--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- Colorado.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 237, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- On the plains, and among the peaks
- How Mrs. Maxwell made her natural history collection
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 624, 626 & 628 Market Street, 1879.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated and electrotyped by the Authors' Aid Association"--Title page verso.
- "Appendix: Notice of Mrs. Maxwell's exhibit of Colorado mammals. Prepared by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A.": Pages 217-225.
- "Mrs. Maxwell's Colorado museum. Catalogue of the birds.": Pages 226-237. (Prepared by Martha Maxwell; text signed at end: Robert Ridgway.)
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2021 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Cited in:
- Schimmel, C.F. OK, I'll do it myself (2nd ed., revised), 44
- OCLC:
- 1298723374
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