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Paper, 'Of the natural history of the rhinoceros' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/198

Date: 1743

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Letter on paper and three plates with 12 figures.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Dr. Parsons to Martin Folkes, Esq; President of the Royal Society, containing the natural history of the rhinoceros'.

Read 9 June 1743.

Reference number
L&P/1/198
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1743
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
30 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Paper, 'Of the natural history of the rhinoceros' by James Parsons, 1743, L&P/1/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_198/paper-of-the-natural-history-of-the-rhinoceros-by-james-parsons, accessed on 16 September 2024

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