'La Taupe & La Taupe Depoiuillée de sa Peau', c1763. Creator: Christian Friedrich Fritzsch.

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'La Taupe & La Taupe Depoiuillée de sa Peau', c1763. The mole, and the mole without its skin. The "Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi", (Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet) was written 1749-1804 by the Comte de Buffon, and was continued after his death. It was a monumental work in multiple volumes, and covered what was known of the 'natural sciences' at the time, including physics, chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals.

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