Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/9/14
Title Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 12 Sep 1788
Author(s) Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/9/14 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (12 September 1788)

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Item Type: Document
From: Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from: Pavia, Italy
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Still awaiting the works Smith sent, in addition requests transcription of [Johan Christian] Fabricius' 1783 memoir on the hearing of insects and tracings of the plates for his own work. Congratulations on establishment of Linnean Society, gratified by invitation to join. Highlights errors in [Lazzaro] Spallanzani's [(1729-1799), Italian physiologist] work on digestion by comparing it with [John] Hunter's [(1728-1793), surgeon] memoir on same. Chair of Chemistry and Botany at University of Pavia still vacant since death of [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli.
[On separate folio] List of plant names, possibly in a different hand, no reference to this in the rest of the letter.

Letter date: 12 Sep 1788
Languages: French
Prev Ref No: 9.22
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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.
Related MaterialScarpa, A, (1789). "Anatomicae disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu." Ticinus: Galeatius.
AdditionalSmith replied 7 Oct [1788]
CopiesEnglish translation available from Linnean Society Library.