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Letter, 'Abstract of an Italian treatise on the ancient city of Industria, published in 1745 (Roman inscriptions &c), written by Giov. Paolo Recolvi & Antonio Rivantella' from David Erskine Baker to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/432

Date: 1745

Description

Contains two figures.

Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of a curious Tripos and inscription found near Turin, serving to discover the true situation of the ancient City Industria'

Read 5 December 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/432
Earliest possible date
1745
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Abstract of an Italian treatise on the ancient city of Industria, published in 1745 (Roman inscriptions &c), written by Giov. Paolo Recolvi & Antonio Rivantella' from David Erskine Baker to Martin Folkes, 1745, L&P/1/432, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_432/letter-abstract-of-an-italian-treatise-on-the-ancient-city-of-industria-published-in-1745-roman-inscriptions-c-written-by-giov-paolo-recolvi-antonio-rivantella-from-david-erskine-baker-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 08 February 2025

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