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The system of natural history

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1800.
Call number: 239010
Creator: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc (1707-1788)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, (1707-1788.); Swammerdam, Jan, (1637-1680.); Goldsmith, Oliver, (1730?-1774.); Brookes, R. (active 1721-1763.)
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