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Bazile and Bartolo, characters from a story by Beaumarchais, representing the phrenological 'propensity' of secretiveness. Steel engraving by Geoffroy, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Regular groups of detailed pollen grains from twenty different named flowering plants. Engraving by J.-Z.Mazel, c.1807, after Geoffroy.

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Geoffroy, active 1807-1847.

Images by Geoffroy, active 1807-1847.

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Bazile and Bartolo, characters from a story by Beaumarchais, representing the phrenological 'propensity' of secretiveness. Steel engraving by Geoffroy, 1847, after H. Bruyères.

Regular groups of detailed pollen grains from twenty different named flowering plants. Engraving by J.-Z.Mazel, c.1807, after Geoffroy.