Letter, from Diacinto Cestoni to Martin Lister
Reference number: EL/C2/30
Date: 1697
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An account of fleas and their eggs
Printed translation in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 21, no 249, p 42
Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1698
- Reference number
- EL/C2/30
- Earliest possible date
- 1697
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Giacinto Cestoni, Letter, from Diacinto Cestoni to Martin Lister, 1697, EL/C2/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_30/letter-from-diacinto-cestoni-to-martin-lister, accessed on 10 June 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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