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Histoire naturelle des poissons

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  • In Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède

    …Garden, where he completed the Histoire naturelle des poissons, 5 vol. (1798–1803; “Natural History of Fishes”). Although the work contained a number of errors because of insufficient research materials, it was recognized as the most original text on the subject at that time. The Histoire naturelle des cétacés (1804; “Natural…

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