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Paper, Account of 'Historia Plantarum Species... [History of plant species...]' by [John] Ray

Reference number: CLP/22i/26

Date: 1686

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Account begins: 'The excellent Author of this great Work, is so well known for his incomparable Skill in the Botanick [Botanic] Science, and other Parts of useful Learning, that it will be needless to say any thing of him'. Published at London in 1686.

Subject: Botany

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CLP/22i/26
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1686
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ray

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John Ray, Paper, Account of 'Historia Plantarum Species... [History of plant species...]' by [John] Ray, 1686, CLP/22i/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_26/paper-account-of-historia-plantarum-species-history-of-plant-species-by-john-ray, accessed on 09 February 2025

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