The Essex Naturalist; Being The Journal Of The Essex Field Club (Volume V)
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
02.12.2020
Herausgeber
William ColeVerlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
314
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/1.9 cm
Gewicht
512 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5430-639-6
Step into late 19th century England and the living margins of Essex where curious observers recorded everyday wonders. The past breathes through pages. Edited by William Cole, The Essex Naturalist (Volume V) is a rigorous natural history journal and a Victorian scientific periodical that assembles wildlife observation records, meeting notes and essays born of Essex countryside exploration. It reads as a British field club anthology: careful entries on regional flora and fauna, discussions drawn from proceedings of field clubs, and lucid accounts of amateur naturalist studies that illuminate local habitats. Firmly placed among British naturalist publications, it functions as both an accessible reference for nature enthusiasts and an educational resource for collectors, while offering the documentary depth that researchers prize. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Its historical and literary significance is plain: these pages record the methods and manners of late-Victorian fieldwork, map species and seasonality across the county, and preserve the social spirit of field clubs that shaped botanical and zoological knowledge in provincial England. Equally rewarding to casual readers seeking place-based natural history and to classic-literature collectors assembling authoritative British field club works, Volume V reconnects modern readers with a patient, observational tradition and the Essex landscapes that inspired it. For the casual reader, the entries offer immediate pleasures: lucid field notes, seasonal commentaries and a vivid sense of place that turns recorded sightings into narrative snapshots of the Essex countryside. Collectors and librarians will prize its documentary provenance and the way it sits among British naturalist publications: an authoritative record of local study and the proceedings of field clubs that shaped county-level science. As both an accessible reference for nature enthusiasts and an educational resource for collectors, Volume V rewards leisurely reading, close study and curatorial display alike.
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