{"product_id":"green-laurels-the-lives-and-achievements-of-the-great-naturalists-1938","title":"Green Laurels: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Naturalists, 1938","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published by Simon and Schuster in 1936 and reissued in this De Luxe Edition by Garden City Publishing Co. in 1938, Green Laurels is a sweeping and beautifully written history of natural science told through the lives of the men who shaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Culross Peattie traces the story from medieval herbalists and Renaissance thinkers through the age of Linnaeus, Buffon, Darwin, Audubon, and beyond, weaving biography, philosophy, and natural history into a readable narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fifteen chapters cover figures including Buffon, Lamarck, Cuvier, Goethe, Alfred Russel Wallace, John and William Bartram, Alexander Wilson, and the entomologist Fabre, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: The book is bound in two-tone green cloth with gold lettering and decorative border detailing on the spine panel. The spine shows fading, light scuffing, and a small tear. The boards are clean with minor shelf wear at the corners and edges. The interior pages are crisp and well-preserved with minimal toning, and the binding is tight and solid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pretty Old Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51406788460834,"sku":"PRE-GRELAU-DI72","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/0709\/9951\/files\/IMG_1721_1e3eb26b-1c7c-4e46-ae88-7abc2e69cef7.jpg?v=1773090367","url":"https:\/\/prettyoldbooks.com\/products\/green-laurels-the-lives-and-achievements-of-the-great-naturalists-1938","provider":"Pretty Old Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}