Connubia florum Latino carmine demonstrata / auctore D. de La Croix, M.D. ; notas et observationes adjecit Richardus Clayton, baronettus.
- La Croix, Demetrius de
- Date:
- 1791
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Connubia florum Latino carmine demonstrata / auctore D. de La Croix, M.D. ; notas et observationes adjecit Richardus Clayton, baronettus. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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