William Smellie (1740-1795) Scottish printer, naturalist and antiquary. He completed the first English translation of Buffon's Natural History (1780).

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William Smellie (1740-1795) Scottish printer, naturalist and antiquary. He completed the first English translation of Buffon's Natural History (1780). From The Naturalist's Library edited by William Jardine (Edinburgh and London 1839-1854). Engraving

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