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Paper, 'Of the frog-fish of Surinam' by George Edwards

Reference number: L&P/4/3

Date: 1760

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the frog- fish of Surinam, addressed to the Royal Society, by Mr. George Edwards, F. R. S.'

Read 27 March 1760

Reference number
L&P/4/3
Earliest possible date
1760
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Edwards

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George Edwards, Paper, 'Of the frog-fish of Surinam' by George Edwards, 1760, L&P/4/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_3/paper-of-the-frog-fish-of-surinam-by-george-edwards, accessed on 15 October 2024

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