An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity / Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom].
- Commerell, François de, -approximately 1799.
- Date:
- 1788
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity / Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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