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GB-110/JES/COR/2/53
Title
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
25 Dec 1795
Author(s)
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752-1840
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/53 from Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith (25 December 1795)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/53 from Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith (25 December 1795) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
Sent from:
Göttingen, Lower Saxony,
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for introduction to Dr Duncan, who has been visiting. Details of a business transaction. Notes that Smith will receive a letter from [Christiaan Hendrik] Persoon. Encloses a recently published pamphlet, ["De vi vitali sanguini..." (1795)]. The "enigmatical sea-animal of the class of worms" from Linnaean collections that Smith sent Blumenbach is a 'Sabella' as described in [Johann Samuel] Schröter, "Einleitung in die Conchylienkenntniss nach Linne" (1783-1786).
Letter date:
25 Dec 1795
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.91
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| UNSPECIFIED | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| UNSPECIFIED | Letters of Christiaan Hendrik Persoon to Smith see JES/COR/8/38-50. Blumenbach, J F, (1795). "De vi vitali sanguini..." Göttingen: Jo. Christ. Dieterich. Schröter, J S, Linnaeus, C, (1783-1786). "Einleitung in die Conchylienkenntniss nach Linne" Halle: Bey Johann Jacob Gebauer, 3 vols. |
