RAVEN, Charles E. English Naturalists from Neckam to Ray: A Study of the Making of the Modern World.

(Cambridge): At the University Press, 1947.  First edition.  Hardcover.  xvi, 362 pages. Frontispiece and 11 plates, including portraits and facsimiles; bibliography and index.  A scholarly and comprehensive survey of the development of natural history in England from the 12th to the 17th century, tracing the work of key figures from Alexander Neckam through Francis Bacon to John Ray. Explores the intellectual, theological, and empirical shifts that led to the rise of modern scientific method.  A very good copy, ex-libris sticker to front pastedown, in a very good dust jacket.  Some darkening to jacket spine.  Scarce in jacket.