A History of the Hope Entomological Collections in the University Museum, Oxford

By Audrey Z. Smith

Known throughout the entomological world, the Hope Collections were founded upon a private donation by the Reverend Frederick William Hope in the mid-nineteenth century. The collections have been added to extensively since that time and contain a vast array of specimens. This book traces the history of the collections up to the present day and provides a comprehensive list of donors and of archives contained in the Hope Library.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198581793
• ISBN13: 9780198581796
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"