Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time
by Mark Brown from on (#6JHX8)
300-page catalogue details thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in naturalist's library
Details of Charles Darwin's vast personal library, from a paper on epileptic guinea pigs to the Elizabeth Gaskell novel he adored, are being published in their entirety for the first time.
The project has involved nearly two decades of painstaking, detective-like work to track down the thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in the naturalist's library.
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