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Paper, 'An account by Dr Eames of a book on the natural history of fishes' by Jacob Theodor Klein

Reference number: L&P/1/47

Date: 1741

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Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account, by Mr. John Eames, F. R. S. of a book intituled, Jacobi Theodori Klein Historiæ Piscium Naturalis promovendæ Missus primus Gedani, 1740. 4to; Or, the first number of an essay towards promoting the natural history of fishes, by Mr. Klein, Secretary of Dantzick, and F. R. S'

Read 4 February 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/47
Earliest possible date
1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account by Dr Eames of a book on the natural history of fishes' by Jacob Theodor Klein, 1741, L&P/1/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_47/paper-an-account-by-dr-eames-of-a-book-on-the-natural-history-of-fishes-by-jacob-theodor-klein, accessed on 08 February 2026

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