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GB-110/JES/COR/9/22
Title
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Jan 1811
Author(s)
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783-1840
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/22 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith (12 January 1811)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/22 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith (12 January 1811) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from:
Palermo, Sicily
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Refers to letter and books he sent in June 1810. Asks Smith to recommend his ichthyological discoveries to Dr [George] Shaw, having heard he recently wrote a "Natural History of Fishes". Resigned to not becoming a corresponding member of the Linnean Society. Sends his memoir on genus 'Bertolonia', which contains 6 species that had been confused with 'Verbena nodiflora'. Asks for directions to send papers to "Annals of Botany". [Antonio] Bivona [Bernardi] is grieved that John White, the bookseller, has refused to sell the books he sent. Currently illustrating [Franciscus Cupani's] "Panphyton Siculum", further remarks on it.
Letter date:
12 Jan 1811
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.39
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 29 Nov 1811 |
| 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. |
| Related Material | For duplicate copy of this letter, see JES/COR/9/23. Shaw, G, (1800-1826). "General zoology or systematic natural history, by G. Shaw (and afterwards James Francis Stephens). With plates ... engraved ... by Mr. Heath (and afterwards Mrs. Griffith) ..." London: Kearsley, 14 vols. Rafinesque, C S. "Monography of the genus Bertolonia." Read 21 Jan & 4 Feb 1812. Cupani, F, (1713). "Panphyton siculum sive historia naturalis ..." Panormi: Antonini Epiro. |
