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Paper, 'An account of Claude Gros de Boze's book on Tetricus' by John Ward

Reference number: L&P/2/441

Date: 21 March 1753

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Subject: History

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An abstract of discourse intitled, The history of the emperor tetricus, explained and illustrated by medals; writen in French by Mr. Claude Gros de Boze, keeper of the medals in the French king's cabinet, etc. and sent by him to Dr. Mead, to be communicated to this Society

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Reference number
L&P/2/441
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21 March 1753
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Ink on paper
Page extent
17 pages
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Manuscript

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Claude Gros de Boze

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John Ward

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Claude Gros de Boze, John Ward, Paper, 'An account of Claude Gros de Boze's book on Tetricus' by John Ward, 21 March 1753, L&P/2/441, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_441/paper-an-account-of-claude-gros-de-bozes-book-on-tetricus-by-john-ward, accessed on 09 December 2023

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