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Identifier: popularhistoryof00sowe (find matches)
Title: Popular history of the aquarium of marine and fresh-water animals and plants
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Sowerby, George Brettingham, 1788-1854
Subjects: Aquariums Marine biology Freshwater biology
Publisher: London : Lovell Reeve
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Sowerby__George_Brettingham__1788_1854
  • booksubject:Aquariums
  • booksubject:Marine_biology
  • booksubject:Freshwater_biology
  • bookpublisher:London___Lovell_Reeve
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