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    O Brasil descobre a pesquisa científica : os museus e as ciências naturais no século XIX / Maria Margaret Lopes.

    | Lopes, Maria Margaret | Date: 1997
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    A history of taxidermy : art, science and bad taste / P.A. Morris.

    | Patrick A. Morris | Date: 2010
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    Stuffed animals & pickled heads : the culture and evolution of natural history museums / Stephen T. Asma.

    | Stephen T. Asma | Date: 2001
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    Possessing nature : museums, collecting, and scientific culture in early modern Italy / Paula Findlen.

    | Paula Findlen | Date: [1994]
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    Das Haus der Wunder : zur Geschichte des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien / Christa Riedl-Dorn ; mit einem Beitrag von Bernd Lötsch.

    | Christa Riedl-Dorn | Date: 1998
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History, 19th Century
Natural History

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