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Paper, 'Botanical description of the Benjamin tree (Styrax Benzoin) of Sumatra' by Jonas Dryander

Reference number: L&P/9/51

Date: 1787

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Botanical description of the Benjamin tree of Sumatra'

Read 17 May 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/51
Earliest possible date
1787
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Botanical description of the Benjamin tree (Styrax Benzoin) of Sumatra' by Jonas Dryander, 1787, L&P/9/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_51/paper-botanical-description-of-the-benjamin-tree-styrax-benzoin-of-sumatra-by-jonas-dryander, accessed on 22 January 2025

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