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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/10/2
Title
Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London
Letter date
18 Mar 1788
Author(s)
Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti 1755-1829
Number of Pages
12
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/2 from Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London (18 March 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/2 from Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 14 Paradise Row, Chelsea, London (18 March 1788) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Tozzetti, Ottaviano Targioni
Sent from:
Florence, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Gratified that both Smith and Sir Joseph Banks think the seeds of Mr Fabbroni are 'Lathyrus sativus' and not 'Lathyrus cicera', is currently writing a paper on the subject. Flattered by invitation to join the Linnean Society. Sending seeds requested by Smith, and the delayed catalogue of seeds [from botanic garden of Santa Maria Nuova hospital, extant]. Asks if Smith can purchase and send [James] Petiver's [(c 1665-1718)] complete "Concordia Graminum" for him.
Catalogue of seeds [8pp], containing 1012 species.
Letter date:
18 Mar 1788
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
10.7
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Jan 1790 |
| Related Material | Preceeding letter explains delay of catalogue of seeds, also Smith's desiderata, JES/COR/10/1. Succeeding letter enquires if seeds have been received, JES/COR/10/2. Petiver, J, (n.d.). "Graminum, muscorum, fungorum, submarinorum, etc Britannicorum concordia. A methodical concordance of British grasses ..."London; note this appears to only be part of volume 18. |
