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Letter, 'History of Swiss plants' by Albrecht von Haller to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/138

Date: August 1742

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One page in Latin, one page in English.

Subject: Botany

Read 9 December 1742

Reference number
L&P/1/138
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August 1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Albrecht von Haller

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Albrecht von Haller, Letter, 'History of Swiss plants' by Albrecht von Haller to the Royal Society, August 1742, L&P/1/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_138/letter-history-of-swiss-plants-by-albrecht-von-haller-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 05 December 2024

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