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GB-110/JES/COR/8/77
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, [Middlesex]
Letter date
24 Apr 1796
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/77 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, [Middlesex] (24 April 1796)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Hammersmith, Middlesex
Summary:
Congratulates Smith on marriage. Anxious for L'Héritier, hopes he can finish "Stirpes novae" and "Gerania", asks if [Antonio] Cavanilles second volume is published. Suffered from ill-health in the last winter, discusses the proverb relating to doctors "that they never get meat till they have no teeth".
Letter date:
24 Apr 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.129
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | L'Héritier de Brutelle, C L, (1785-1791). "Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit ... 6 Fasc." Paris: Pierres. L'Hértier de Brutelle, C L, (1787-1788). "Geraniologia, seu Erodii, Pelargonii, Geranii, Monsoniae et Grieli: historia iconibus illustrata. Parisii: Typis Didot. Cavanilles, A J, (1791-1801). "Icones et descriptiones plantarum quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur." Matritum: Regia Typographia. |
| Additional | Smith replied 16 May [1796] |
