Record

RefNoL&P/2/147
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Exhibition, through Dr C Mortimer, of certain bezoar and other stones' by Hans Sloane
Date14 June 1750
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Sir Hans Sloane, late Pr. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esquire Pr. R. S. containing acconnts of the pretended serpent-stone called Pietra de Cobra de Cabelos, and of the Pietra de Mombazza or the rhinoceros bezoar, together with the figure of a rhinoceros with a double horn'

Read 14 June 1750
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and plate
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0023
RelatedRecordL&P/2/147/1
L&P/2/147/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
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