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RefNoRBO/20/10
AltRefNoRBO.20.27
LevelItem
Title'Mr Catesby's Account of a Book intitled: Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des Insectes by M de Reaumur'
Date1736
DescriptionDetailed account of a book on the history of insects which consists of 14 commentaries about caterpillers, butterflies and moths communicated by the author to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris
Read to the Royal Society on 25 March, 10 June, 1 July and 18 November 1736
LanguageEnglish
Extent70 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialRoyal Society Library holds a copy of this work
RelatedRecordRBO/20/27
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