Copy 1, Volume 1
An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system, to which is prefixed, an easy introduction to the study of botany ... / By William Withering.
- William Withering
- Date:
- 1796
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system, to which is prefixed, an easy introduction to the study of botany ... / By William Withering. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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