Some eighteenth century bird paintings in the library of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Natural History). Historical Series.
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0068-2306
DOI: 10.5962/p.92313