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  2. Paper: SS 14 - The Scientific Movement of the 17th Century
  3. Unit: C6 - Natural history and collecting

John Tradescant the Younger with Roger Friend and a Collection of Exotic Shells

Commentary

John Tradescant the Younger with Roger Friend and a Collection of Exotic Shells
Accession number: 
WA1898.11 (1685 A f.50 no. 91)
Collection: 
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

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