Louis Gérard, [Cotignac, France], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/5/10
Title Louis Gérard, [Cotignac, France], to James Edward Smith
Letter date [1790]
Author(s) Louis Gérard 1733-1819
Number of Pages 17

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GB-110/JES/COR/5/10 from Louis Gérard, [Cotignac, France], to James Edward Smith (1790)

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Item Type: Document
From: Gérard, Louis
Sent from: Cotignac, France
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Pleasure at Smith's visit; his work on plants of Provence; the Linnaean collections; 'Daphne alpina'; observations on Pliny; works of Linnaeus; copies of Linnaean letters.
Copy of letter from Linnaeus to Gérard, dated 22 June 1756, in Smith's hand [8 pp]:
Thanks for Gérard's letter of 30 November 1755, parcel of 100 dried plants, and seeds. Struggling to progress with his work on account of corrections to be made. Impressed by Gérard's progress and abilities; has learnt more from Gérard's plant collections than from many books. Numbered observations on plants sent by Gérard. Asks Gérard to investigate 'Allium' of [Pierre] Magnol's "Botanicum Monspeliense". Recent publications and dissertations, including his own. Catalogue of parcel of plants Gérard sent Linnaeus.
Copy of letter from Linnaeus to Gérard, dated 24 October 1756 [5 pp]:
Responds to queries in Gerard's letter of 15 August [1756], including: state of Cliffortian garden; Royen's departure from Leyden botanic garden; received floras from Heintzelman, Gerberius, and Messerschmidt; Gmelin produced two volume "Flora Siberica" but died last year; [John] Sibthorp will not produce biographies of Sherard and Dillenius; has not seen Gesner's "Trevisum" works; details of pupils who are travelling overseas. List of numbered plants.

Letter date: [1790]
Languages: French
Prev Ref No: 5.18
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 12 Jun 1790
Publn NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.374-379.
Related MaterialEnglish translations of Latin letters available, please contact Linnean Society Library for further information. Magnol, P, (1688). "Botanicum Monspeliense. Sive plantarum circa Monspelium nasentium index ... [Editio altera]" Monspelii: Pauli Maret.
Finding AidsDawson, 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.