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The Natural History Museum at South Kensington

The Natural History Museum at South Kensington

The definitive history of the origins and growth of the Natural History Museum.

ISBN: 0565090305

Author: William T Stearn

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The Natural History Museum at South Kensington

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A new printing of Stearn's classic history of the origins and growth of The Natural History Museum. This fascinating book covers the development of the Museum from the 1750s until 1980. A fully comprehensive history of one of Britain's best-loved museums and one of the world's finest scientific institutions. ISBN 0-565-09030-5, Paperback, 440 pp, Reprinted July 1998

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A comprehensive and scholarly account' New Scientist

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Paperback, 235 x 156 mm
414 + xxiii,
Published 1981, Reprint 1998, Reprint 2001
0 565 09030 5. Published by the Natural History Museum.

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