Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Natural History of Volcanoes
Claude Nicolas Ordinaire · 2018
44/100
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As a piece of Enlightenment-era intellectual history this 1801 survey has genuine value for researchers and rare-book enthusiasts, but the 2018 edition is a bare print-on-demand facsimile with no scholarly apparatus to contextualize two centuries of superseded science. Dense 18th-century prose and outdated geology make it inaccessible for recreational or educational reading by almost any audience. A specialist curiosity, not a general recommendation.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance45
craft40
originality55
accuracy35
hype50
age-fit38
human-eye38
Penny’s verdict44
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