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GB-110/JES/COR/8/6
Title
Barnaba Oriani, Milan, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
21 Aug 1789
Author(s)
Barnaba Oriani 1752-1832
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/6 from Barnaba Oriani, Milan, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (21 August 1789)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/6 from Barnaba Oriani, Milan, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (21 August 1789) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Oriani, Barnaba
Sent from:
Milan, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for courtesies Smith showed to his pupil. Shall see that Smith's pupil [probably François Borone] is educated in drawing and Latin. [Fulgenzio] Vitman [(1728-1806)], professor of botany in Milan, is publishing a book of all known plants, his previous work on medicinal plants was derided by a French newspaper.
Letter date:
21 Aug 1789
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
8.9
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Vitman, F, (1789-1792). "Summa plantarum quae hactenus innotuerunt methodo Linnaeana per genera et species digesta illustrata descripta." Mediolanum: Typis Imper. Monast. S. Ambrosii. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
