Self-mentioning: authority, authorship or sef-promotion in 17thC prefaces to manuals on obstetrics?

• Autores: Margarita Mele Marrero
• Localización: LFE: revista de lenguas para fines específicos, ISSN 1133-1127, Nº 17, 2011, págs. 147-166
• Idioma: inglés
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