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The Natural History of Aleppo is a 1756 book by naturalist Alexander Russell on the natural history of Aleppo. In 1794 his half-brother, Patrick Russell, revised and expanded the text in a second edition. The book is significant for its quality, the contemporary interest it attracted, and for being a product of the Scottish Enlightenment. When the book was published it was immediately an important European record and perspective on the state
of contemporary science in Syria. The book contains the earliest known description of the Syrian hamster. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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| Author | Russell, Alexander, 1715?-1768 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 06007156 |
| Title | The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent : Containing a description of the city, and the principal natural productions in its neighbourhood; together with an account of the climate, inhabitants, and diseases; particularly of the plague, with the methods used by the Europeans for their preservation. |
| Original Publication | London: A. Millar, 1756. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_History_of_Aleppo |
| Credits | Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Summary |
The Natural History of Aleppo is a 1756 book by naturalist Alexander Russell on the natural history of Aleppo. In 1794 his half-brother, Patrick Russell, revised and expanded the text in a second edition. The book is significant for its quality, the contemporary interest it attracted, and for being a product of the Scottish Enlightenment. When the book was published it was immediately an important European record and perspective on the state of contemporary science in Syria. The book contains the earliest known description of the Syrian hamster. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history -- Syria -- Aleppo -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Plague -- Syria -- Aleppo -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Aleppo (Syria) -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77691 |
| Release Date | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 415 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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