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Letter, 'Of antiquities lately discovered in Italy' from Ridolfino Venuti to John Nixon

Reference number: L&P/3/392

Date: 01 May 1757

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extracts of some letters from Signor Abbate de Venuti, F. R. S. to J. Nixon, A. M. and F. R. S. relating to several antiquities lately discovered in Italy'

Read 28 June 1759

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L&P/3/392
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01 May 1757
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Ridolfino Venuti

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Ridolfino Venuti, Letter, 'Of antiquities lately discovered in Italy' from Ridolfino Venuti to John Nixon, 01 May 1757, L&P/3/392, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_392/letter-of-antiquities-lately-discovered-in-italy-from-ridolfino-venuti-to-john-nixon, accessed on 13 January 2025

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