Thornton and Tully's scientific books, libraries, and collectors : a study of bibliography and the book trade in relation to the history of science / edited by Andrew Hunter.
| Author/creator | Thornton, John Leonard |
| Other author | Tully, R. I. J. |
| Other author | Hunter, Andrew. |
| Other author | Thornton, John Leonard. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 4th ed. considerably rev. and rewritten. |
| Publication Info | Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2000. |
| Description | xii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Scientific books libraries, and collectors |
| Contents | Scientific book as a cultural and bibliographical object / Henry E. Lowood and Robin E. Rider -- Ancient science / Liba Taub -- Transitions 1 : scientific writing in the Latin Middle Ages / S. Livesey -- Transitions 2 : Islamic science / J. Sesiano -- Incunables and sixteenth-century books / Sachiko Kusukawa -- Words of nature : scientific books in the seventeenth century / Tara Nummedal and Paula Findlen -- Eighteenth-century scientific publishing / Brian J. Ford -- Books on the natural sciences in the nineteenth-century / Frank A.J.L. James -- Science publishing in the twentieth century / A.J. Meadows -- Scientific bibliographies and bibliographers, and the history of the History of Science / W.H. Brock -- Scientific books and their owners : a survey to c.1720 / Giles Mandelbrote -- Scientific book collectors and collections, public and private, 1720 to date / Judith Overmier. |
| General note | Originally published: Scientific books, libraries, and collectors. 3rd ed. London : Library Association, 1971. Considerably revised, and rewritten. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| LCCN | 98053850 |
| ISBN | 1859282334 |
| ISBN | 9781859282335 |