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Printed at Amsterdam in 1734. Book's Latin title is 'Locupletissimi reurm naturalium thesauri, accurata descriptio, etc'. Describes the author's collection of natural historical knowledge, including that of fruits and animals.

Subject: Natural history

Reference number
CLP/22ii/65
Earliest possible date
c.1734
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, Account of the exact description of the principal curiosities of nature in the large museum of Albertus Seba, by Richard Middleton Massey, c.1734, CLP/22ii/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_65/paper-account-of-the-exact-description-of-the-principal-curiosities-of-nature-in-the-large-museum-of-albertus-seba-by-richard-middleton-massey, accessed on 07 November 2025

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