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GB-110/JES/COR/9/23
Title
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith [duplicate]
Letter date
12 Jan 1811
Author(s)
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783-1840
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/23 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith [duplicate] (12 January 1811)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/23 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith [duplicate] (12 January 1811) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from:
Palermo, Sicily
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
This is a duplicate copy of Rafinesque's letter, sent with his letter of 30 March 1811.
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:
9.41
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For original copy of this letter, see JES/COR/9/22. 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. |
| 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. |
