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Identifier: histoirenaturell17buff_0 (find matches)
Title: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
Year: 1785 (1780s)
Authors: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Paris, De l'imprimerie royale
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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  • bookid:histoirenaturell17buff_0
  • bookyear:1785
  • bookdecade:1780
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:Buffon__Georges_Louis_Leclerc__comte_de__1707_1788
  • booksubject:Birds
  • bookpublisher:Paris__De_l_imprimerie_royale
  • bookcontributor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
  • booksponsor:Harvard_University__Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology__Ernst_Mayr_Library
  • bookleafnumber:500
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