The correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712)
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The correspondence of Dr. Martin Lister (1639-1712)
（History of science and medicine library, v. 48）（Medieval and early modern science, v. 24）
Brill, c2015
- v. 1. 1662-1677 : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [879]-909) and index
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Description
Winner of the 2017 John Thackray Medal awarded by the Society for the History of Natural History, U.K.
Martin Lister (1639-1712) was a consummate virtuoso, the first arachnologist and conchologist, and a Royal physician. As one of the most prominent corresponding fellows of the Royal Society, many of Lister's discoveries in natural history, archaeology, medicine, and chemistry were printed in the Philosophical Transactions. Lister corresponded extensively with explorers and other virtuosi such as John Ray, who provided him with specimens, observations, and locality records from Jamaica, America, Barbados, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and his native England. This volume of ca. 400 letters (one of three), consists of Lister's correspondence dated from 1662 to 1677, including his time as a Cambridge Fellow, his medical training in Montpellier, and his years as a practicing physician in York.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Calendar of the Lister Correspondence
Section 1: Introduction
a. An introduction to the letters (1662 1677)
b. Lister's biography (1639 1677): a summary
c. Lister's correspondence in historical context
d. A note on the Ray letters
e. Stylistic considerations
Section II: The Lister Correspondence (1662 1677)
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