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The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering & preserving objects of natural history and for promoting inquiries after human knowledge in general / [Anon].
- John Coakley Lettsom
- Date:
- 1774
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The naturalist's and traveller's companion, containing instructions for discovering & preserving objects of natural history and for promoting inquiries after human knowledge in general / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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