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Paper, 'Quelques observations nouvelles sur les insectes [Some new observations on insects]' by Charles Bonnet

Reference number: L&P/1/169

Date: 1743

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34 pages in French and 44 pages in English.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An abstract of some new observations upon insects : By M. Charles Bonnet of Geneva. Communicated in a letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. late President of the Royal Society, &c. Translated from the French by P. H. Z. Esq; F. R. S'

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L&P/1/169
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1743
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Ink on paper
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78 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Bonnet

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Charles Bonnet, Paper, 'Quelques observations nouvelles sur les insectes [Some new observations on insects]' by Charles Bonnet, 1743, L&P/1/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_169/paper-quelques-observations-nouvelles-sur-les-insectes-some-new-observations-on-insects-by-charles-bonnet, accessed on 15 February 2025

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