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The Lost World of James Smithson. Science, Revolution and the Birth of the Smithsonian. Hardcover - 2007

by Ewing, Heather

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London: Bloomsbury, 2007. x, 432pp, index, notes, family tree, bw & col ills. Or boards in jacket. Light foxing to top edge. The Smithsonian, the largest museum and research complex in the world, owes its exitence to James Smithson-an Englishman who never set foot in the United Staes and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than 150 years. . First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-412) and index.

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