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Book, The Naturalist's Pocket-Book, or, Tourist's Companion: Being a Brief Introduction to the Different Branches of Natural History, With Approved Methods for Collecting and Preserving the Various Productions of Nature

This is a Book. It was written by George Graves and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown and printed by W. & S. Graves.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Rebeca Méndez Selects.

It is dated 1818. Its medium is hand-colored engraving on paper. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, QH60.G77 1818  .

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (open): 13.5 × 21.5 × 3 cm (5 5/16 × 8 7/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rebeca Méndez Selects.

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