Letter, 'Inscriptions in the book Ruins of Palmyra', as examined by Barthelmy' from Joseph de Guignes to Thomas Birch
Reference number: L&P/2/484
Date: 23 February 1754
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Subject: Archaeology
Read 14 March 1754
- Reference number
- L&P/2/484
- Earliest possible date
- 23 February 1754
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Joseph de Guignes, Letter, 'Inscriptions in the book Ruins of Palmyra', as examined by Barthelmy' from Joseph de Guignes to Thomas Birch, 23 February 1754, L&P/2/484, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_484/letter-inscriptions-in-the-book-ruins-of-palmyra-as-examined-by-barthelmy-from-joseph-de-guignes-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 13 July 2025
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Joseph de Guignes
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