Views of nature
Subtitle: or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation : with scientific illustrations
By: by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn ; with a frontispiece from a sketch by the author, a fac-simile of his hand-writing, and a comprehensive index
Contributors: Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884; Otté, E. C. (Elise C.); Baxter, George, 1804-1867
Series: Bohn's scientific library
Publisher: H.G. Bohn
Published: 1850
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Plant anatomy; Physical geography; Description and travel; Science
Other titles: Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation
Work titles: Ansichten der Natur
Notes: Includes advertisements on lining-papers.

Colour front. by G. Baxter.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: On steppes and deserts.; title: On the cataracts of the Orinoco.; title: Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest.; title: Ideas for a physiognomy of plants.; title: On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth.; title: Vital force, or The Rhodian genius.; title: The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes.