What was the first scientific article to give a recognisably "modern" citation to another article?

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The book Brian Z mentions claims the 17th century:

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/07/reviews/971207.07mckittt.html Grafton traces the history of the modern footnote to rather an unlikely quarter -- from Ranke back to David Hume in the 18th century, then to Pierre Bayle and Jean Le Clerc in the late 17th.

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