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Letter, 'An account of the sixth volume of Reaumur's History of Insects' from James Parsons to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/219

Date: 1743

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Subject: Zoology

Read 3 November 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/219
Earliest possible date
1743
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'An account of the sixth volume of Reaumur's History of Insects' from James Parsons to Martin Folkes, 1743, L&P/1/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_219/letter-an-account-of-the-sixth-volume-of-reaumurs-history-of-insects-from-james-parsons-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 07 October 2024

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