The natural history of ants : from an unpublished manuscript in the archives of the Academy of Sciences of Paris / by René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ; translated and annotated by William Morton Wheeler.

  • Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757.
Date:
1926
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Credit: The natural history of ants : from an unpublished manuscript in the archives of the Academy of Sciences of Paris / by René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ; translated and annotated by William Morton Wheeler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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