An elegy on the lamented death of the electrical eel, or gymnotus electricus : with the lapidary inscription, as placed on a superb erection, at the expence of the Countess of H---------, and Chevalier-Madame d'Eon de Beaumont / By Lucretia Lovejoy [pseud.], sister to Mr. Adam Strong, author of the Electrical eel.

Date:
1777
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An elegy on the lamented death of the electrical eel, or gymnotus electricus : with the lapidary inscription, as placed on a superb erection, at the expence of the Countess of H---------, and Chevalier-Madame d'Eon de Beaumont / By Lucretia Lovejoy [pseud.], sister to Mr. Adam Strong, author of the Electrical eel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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