A Species of Eternity

xiv, 350 pp. 8vo. A biographical survey of the naturalists who emerged as scientific authorities during the 18th and 19th centuries, utilizing information gleaned from original letters and diaries, with reproductions of original color and black & white illustrations. Includes accounts of Peter Kalm, Asa Gray, John & William Bartram, Andre Michaux, Alexander Garden, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson, John James Audubon, Samuel Latham Mitchill, Constantine Rafinesque, Thomas Say, Thomas Nuttall, etc.