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Letter, from Pierre de Carcavy to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/C1/48

Date: 14 January 1676

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Autograph letter
Carcavy is interested in obtaining Marsham's comments on anachronisms of those who write about the medals of the ancients and asks Oldenburg to intercede for him on this matter; he sends two books

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EL/C1/48
Earliest possible date
14 January 1676
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Pierre de Carcavi

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Pierre de Carcavi, Letter, from Pierre de Carcavy to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 14 January 1676, EL/C1/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_48/letter-from-pierre-de-carcavy-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 December 2024

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