Nature's Museums: Victorian Science & the Architecture of Display
- Publisher : Athlone Press
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : b/w photos, b/w illus
Description:
Focusing on the Oxford University Museum, the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, and the Natural History Museum, London, the author explores how such institutions reflected varying concepts of nature, from the handiwork of God, to a resource to be exploited.
Condition
Vg in d/w.
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