A BBC article dated 9 Feb 2006 begins,
A "lost" science manuscript from the 1600s found in a cupboard in a house during a routine valuation is expected to fetch more than £1m at auction.
The hand-written document - penned by Dr Robert Hooke - contains the minutes of the Royal Society from 1661 to 1682, experts said.
It was found in a house in Hampshire, where it is thought to have lain hidden in a cupboard for about 50 years.
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Bonham's is auctioning off the document on 28 March in London.
The Royal Society is hoping for a "white knight" to come along, buy the piece and share it.
Bill & Melinda, where are you? Wouldn't this make a nice companion piece to da Vinci's Codex Leicester?
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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