A concise account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, instituted at London, anno MDCCLIV / Compiled from the original papers ... and from other authentic records. By a member of the said Society [i.e. T. Mortimer].

  • Thomas Mortimer
Date:
1763
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Credit: A concise account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, instituted at London, anno MDCCLIV / Compiled from the original papers ... and from other authentic records. By a member of the said Society [i.e. T. Mortimer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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