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Paper, 'Of late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum; and of an earthquake' by Camillo Paderni

Reference number: L&P/3/303

Date: 01 February 1758

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum, and of an earthquake there; in a letter from Camillo Paderni, Keeper of the Museum at Herculaneum, and F. R. S. to Tho. Hollis, Esq; F. R. S. dated Portici, Feb. 1 .1758'

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Reference number
L&P/3/303
Earliest possible date
01 February 1758
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Camillo Paderni

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Camillo Paderni, Paper, 'Of late discoveries of antiquities at Herculaneum; and of an earthquake' by Camillo Paderni, 01 February 1758, L&P/3/303, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_303/paper-of-late-discoveries-of-antiquities-at-herculaneum-and-of-an-earthquake-by-camillo-paderni, accessed on 20 July 2025

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