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GB-110/JES/COR/9/26
Title
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
20 Aug 1812
Author(s)
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783-1840
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/26 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith (20 August 1812)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/26 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith (20 August 1812) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from:
Palermo, Sicily
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending his "Monography of the genus Callitriche" in addition to the "Description of a new species of Echeneis" sent with his last letter. Asks to be informed of recent botanical and zoological developments in England and Europe, including the publications of [Christiaan Hendrik] Persoon and [Carl Ludwig] Willdenow, "Hortus Kewensis", and Smith's "Flora Britannica" and "Flora Graeca". Details of his own intended publications "General generic criticism; or alphabetical criticism of all the generic names of botany & zoology" and "Order of plants". Impossibility of publishing in Sicily.
Letter date:
20 Aug 1812
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.47
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Rafinesque, C S. "Description of a new species of Echeneis." Read 1 Nov 1814. With a pen and ink sketch. Rafinesque, C S. "Monography of the genus Callitriche." MS dated Palermo July 1812. Read 3 Nov & 15 Dec 1812. Linnaeus, C, Willdenow, C L, (1797-1830). "Species plantarum exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus synonymis selectis, locis natalibus secundum systema sexuale digestas." Berolini: Impensis G. C. Nauk, 4th ed. Persoon, C H, (1805-1807). "Synopsis plantarum seu enchiridium botanicum ..." Paris: Cramerum. Aiton, W, and Aiton, W T, (1810-1813). "Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew." London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 2nd ed. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
| 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. |
