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Description: Lecture notes, by an unknown student, from a course on horticulture in a French university. The volume also contains hand-drawn, labeled sketches. In French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1880-1881.
Call number: mssHM 76529
Provenance: Purchased from Antiquariat Botanicum, February 10, 2012.
Dimensions: 20 cm :
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