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GB-110/JES/COR/4/103
Title
Grégoire Fontana, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
5 May 1792
Author(s)
Grégoire Fontana 1786-1792
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/103 from Grégoire Fontana, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (5 May 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/103 from Grégoire Fontana, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (5 May 1792) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Fontana, Grégoire
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends Italian translation of Smith's "Linnean Transactions" paper 'Introductory Discourse on the Rise and Progress of Natural History' via [Eusebio] Valli [(1755-1816) physician]. Introduces Valli and relates his work on [Luigi] Galvani's [(1737-1798) physician and physicist] discoveries in animal electricity.
Letter date:
5 May 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.177
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 30 Jun 1793 |
| Related Material | For letter from Antonio Scarpa informing Smith of Fontana's translation of Smith's "Introductory Discourse" see JES/COR/9/17-19; and for further second hand account of Galvani's animal electricity experiments see JES/COR/9/18. Smith, J E, 'Introductory Discourse On The Rise And Progress Of Natural History', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1791 1(1), pp.1-55. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.397-398. |
| Finding Aids | 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. |
