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Catching nature in the act : Réaumur and the practice of natural history in the eighteenth century /

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Main Author:	Terrall, Mary (Author)
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, > 1683-1757. Natural history > History > 18th century. Naturalists > History > 18th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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