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Aesthetic Science: Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720

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Aesthetic Science: Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720. / Wragge-Morley, Alexander.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. 272 p.

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Wragge-Morley A. Aesthetic Science: Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. 272 p. doi: 10.7208/chicago/9780226681054.001.0001

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