A Descriptive Catalogue (Giving a Full Explanation) Of Rackstrow's Museum

Benjamin Rackstrow

ISBN 10: 0260182710 / ISBN 13: 9780260182715

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Titel: A Descriptive Catalogue (Giving a Full Explanation) Of Rackstrow's Museum
• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0260182710
• ISBN-13: 9780260182715
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New
• Buchtyp: print-on-demand item
• Verkäuferkataloge:
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Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue (Giving a Full Explanation) Of Rackstrow's Museum: Consisting of a Large and Very Valuable Collection of Most Curious Anatomical Figures, and Real Preparations; Also Figures Resembling Life; With a Great Variety of Natural and Artificial Curiosities

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