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Histoire Naturelle Des Deux Éléphans...du Muséum De Paris

1803
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Object Information
  • Title: Histoire Naturelle Des Deux Éléphans...du Muséum De Paris
  • Author: Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, Rouen 1735–1813 Paris)
  • Publisher: Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel (French, Rouen 1735–1813 Paris)
  • Date: 1803
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 13 15/16 × 10 1/4 × 13/16 in. (35.4 × 26 × 2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.554.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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