Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester].

  • Lankester, Edwin, 1814-1874.
Date:
1832
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vegetable substances used for the food of man / [Edwin Lankester]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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