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Letter, 'Of four sculptured carcophagi discovered 4 miles beyond the Porta Praenestina, Rome' from Ridolfino Venuti to John Nixon

Reference number: L&P/3/363

Date: 31 January 1759

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Subject: Archaeology

Read 1 March 1759

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L&P/3/363
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31 January 1759
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Ridolfino Venuti

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Ridolfino Venuti, Letter, 'Of four sculptured carcophagi discovered 4 miles beyond the Porta Praenestina, Rome' from Ridolfino Venuti to John Nixon, 31 January 1759, L&P/3/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_363/letter-of-four-sculptured-carcophagi-discovered-4-miles-beyond-the-porta-praenestina-rome-from-ridolfino-venuti-to-john-nixon, accessed on 13 January 2025

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