Identifier: miscellanies00barr (find matches)
Title: Miscellanies
Year: 1781 (1780s)
Authors: Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800
Subjects: Natural history History
Publisher: London, Printed by J. Nichols, sold by B. White (etc.)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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