The Russell, Alexander 1715?-1768 creator text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats 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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_History_of_Aleppo Release date is 2026-01-13 Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Originally published: London: A. Millar, 1756 Natural history -- Syria -- Aleppo -- Early works to 1800 Plague -- Syria -- Aleppo -- Early works to 1800 Aleppo (Syria) -- Early works to 1800 QH London: A. Millar, 1756 06007156 https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00russ/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77691 https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof00russ/page/n5/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77691 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134811.0 77691