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The platypus and the mermaid, and other figments of the classifying imagination /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ritvo, Harriet, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Zoology > Great Britain > Classification > History > 18th century.
Zoology > Great Britain > Classification > History > 19th century.
Natural history > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Natural history > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Popular culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Description
Physical Description:xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-272) and index.
ISBN:0674673573 (alk. paper)