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A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
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A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.

1817

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Lettering: Mirabilis and Mirage. 1. marvel of Peru 2 to 10. mirage, or horizontal refraction. engraved for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1817 J. Pass sc.

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