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Paper, 'Abstract of the history of a stag beetle' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/414

Date: 1745

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Contains one plate with twelve figures.

Subject: Zoology

Read 4 July 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/414
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1745
Physical description
Ink on paper and one plate
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Paper, 'Abstract of the history of a stag beetle' by James Parsons, 1745, L&P/1/414, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_414/paper-abstract-of-the-history-of-a-stag-beetle-by-james-parsons, accessed on 15 June 2026

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