Histoire naturelle vs Nova Atlantis: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Pre-Linnean works, Natural history, Early works to 1800, Science
Histoire naturelle
THEORIEDE LATERREPREMIER DISCOURSDE LA MANIERE D'ETUDIER ET DE TRAITER L'HISTOIRE NATURELLEl'histoire naturelle, prise dans toute son etendue, est une histoire immense ; elle embrasse tous les objets que nous presente…
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Nova Atlantis
New Atlantis is an incomplete utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon, published posthumously in 1626. It appeared unheralded and tucked into the back of a longer work of natural history, Sylva sylvarum (forest of…
The verdict
- Readers rate Nova Atlantis highest: Nova Atlantis 3.9 · Histoire naturelle 3.6.
- Histoire naturelle has the widest readership — 30 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Histoire naturelle | Nova Atlantis | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.4 (30) | 2.9 (7) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (18) |
Reception
| Histoire naturelle | Nova Atlantis | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 30 | 18 |
| Editions | 174 | 84 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 110 | 20 |
| Written reviews | 3 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 528 | 3746 |
| Pages | 127 | 45 |