Cross-section of a lead mine in Derbyshire, showing miners working towards an animal fossil. Lithograph by T. Webster after a sketch by W. Buckland.

Medicus-magus, : a poem, in three cantos; with a glossary. / by Richard Furness.

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Cross-section of a lead mine in Derbyshire, showing miners working towards an animal fossil. Lithograph by T. Webster after a sketch by W. Buckland.

Medicus-magus, : a poem, in three cantos; with a glossary. / by Richard Furness.