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Letter, 'About antiquities from Herculaneum' from Camillo Paderni to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/514

Date: 27 April 1754

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Signor Camillo Paderni, to Dr. Mead, concerning the an­tiquities dug up from the antient Hercula­neum, dated from Naples, Nov. 18,1752. Translated from the Italian'

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Reference number
L&P/2/514
Earliest possible date
27 April 1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Camillo Paderni

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Camillo Paderni, Letter, 'About antiquities from Herculaneum' from Camillo Paderni to the Royal Society, 27 April 1754, L&P/2/514, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_514/letter-about-antiquities-from-herculaneum-from-camillo-paderni-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 February 2025

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