Natural history and the Encyclopedie

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Llana, James ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffon; Daubenton; Diderot; Encyclopedie; Jaucourt; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; FRANCE; HISTORY;

ENCYCLOPEDIAS; FRANCE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; NATURAL HISTORY;

EID: 0034020007     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004736103768     Document Type: Article

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