Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon’s Histoire naturelle in English, 1775–1815

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-235

  Loveland, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

James Smith Barr; natural history; translation; William Kenrick; William Smellie

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748882659     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2004.31.2.214     Document Type: Article

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