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Letter, Account of [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer's book '[Ouresiphoites] Helveticus sive Itinera Alpina tria ... [Survey of Switzerland, or three Alpine travels]' from Edward Lhuyd to Richard Richardson

Reference number: CLP/22i/73

Date: 03 April 1708

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Sent to Richardson at North Bierley in Yorkshire. Original book printed at London in 1708.

Subject: Travel

Reference number
CLP/22i/73
Earliest possible date
03 April 1708
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Lhuyd

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

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Edward Lhuyd, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Letter, Account of [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer's book '[Ouresiphoites] Helveticus sive Itinera Alpina tria ... [Survey of Switzerland, or three Alpine travels]' from Edward Lhuyd to Richard Richardson, 03 April 1708, CLP/22i/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_73/letter-account-of-johann-jakob-scheuchzers-book-ouresiphoites-helveticus-sive-itinera-alpina-tria-survey-of-switzerland-or-three-alpine-travels-from-edward-lhuyd-to-richard-richardson, accessed on 20 August 2026

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