A description of the two albinos of Europe, (one twenty-one, the other twenty-four years of age.)  Extracted from M. Saussure's journey to the Alps, in the year 1785. And now published in the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Saussure, Horace Bénédict de 1740-1799.

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A description of the two albinos of Europe, (one twenty-one, the other twenty-four years of age.) Extracted from M. Saussure's journey to the Alps, in the year 1785. And now published in the Encyclopædia Britannica.