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4 pages in French, with 3 pages in English.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Singular observations upon the Manchenille apple. By John Andrew Peyssonnel, M. D. F. R. S. Translated from the French'

Read 16 November 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/334
Earliest possible date
1758
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Jean Andre Peyssonel

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Jean Andre Peyssonel, Paper, 'Of the Mancheniville apple' by Jean Andre Peyssonel, 1758, L&P/3/334, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_334/paper-of-the-mancheniville-apple-by-jean-andre-peyssonel, accessed on 12 February 2026

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