The Letters of Dominique Chaix, Botanist-Cure: v.151 - Rilegato

Chaix, Dominique; Williams, Roger Lawrence

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ISBN 10: 0792346157 ISBN 13: 9780792346159

Casa editrice: Kluwer Academic Pub, 1997

Riassunto

This publication comprises the 170 letters written by the Abbe Dominique Chaix to Dr Dominique Villars between 1772 and 1799, when they were collaborating on the publication of the first flora for the old province of Dauphine. The letters reveal the uncertainties of plant classification in the late-18th century, but, more generally, the penetration of the Enlightenment into a remote, alpine region of France. Both botanists were of recent peasant origin, invading, albeit deferentially, an intellectual field, traditionally the monopoly of their social betters. The letters also document the enthusiasms, anxieties, and perils of rural clerical life during the French Revolution, and give occasional evidence about the deforestation of the mountains.

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Contenuti

Preface. The Setting. Letters 1-10 (1772-1774). Letters 11-30 (1774-1779). Letters 31-48 (1779-1781). Letters 49-88 (1781- 1785). Letters 89-125 (1785-1788). Letters 126-170 (1788-1799). Postscript. The Chaix Eponymy. Catalogue of Botany Books. Index of Plant Genera. Index of Names.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Kluwer Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0792346157
• ISBN 13: 9780792346159
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 308
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