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Isaac Rand's account of the first Decade of a Book entitled 'Joannis Martyn Historia Plantarum rariorum: printed at London by Richard Reily 1728' presented to the Royal Society by the author

Reference number: RBO/13/65

Date: 1728

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Discussing John Martyn's work on classifying rare plants - details of a sequel that will give an account of new plants
Martyn's book published in 1728 and held by the Royal Society Library

Reference number
RBO/13/65
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Isaac Rand's account of the first Decade of a Book entitled 'Joannis Martyn Historia Plantarum rariorum: printed at London by Richard Reily 1728' presented to the Royal Society by the author, 1728, RBO/13/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_65/isaac-rands-account-of-the-first-decade-of-a-book-entitled-joannis-martyn-historia-plantarum-rariorum-printed-at-london-by-richard-reily-1728-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-the-author, accessed on 19 September 2024

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