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GB-110/JES/COR/10/8
Title
Henry Fox Talbot, 31 Sackville Street, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
21 Feb 1826
Author(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot 1800-1877
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/8 from Henry Fox Talbot, 31 Sackville Street, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (21 February 1826)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/8 from Henry Fox Talbot, 31 Sackville Street, London, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (21 February 1826) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Talbot, William Henry Fox
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Accepts Smith's invitation to visit Norwich next year to examine Linnaeus' herbarium. Is about to visit the Ionion Islands to study the local flora, intends to take Smith's "Prodomus Florae Graecae" and asks for any other recommendations. Asks if there is any particular family or genus of plants to look out for. Collected many duplicates on his last tour of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Carinthia, including a 'Lilium pumilum' exactly resembling the figure in Loddiges' "Botanical Cabinet" tab 358; and 'Fritillaria lutea' of Marschall von Bieberstein at an elevation of 5000 feet in alpine meadow of Col de Tende, only place hitherto observed in Europe. Currently has a collector in Sardinia.
Letter date:
21 Feb 1826
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.17
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 24 [Feb 1826], online transcription available at http://www.foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/letters/transcriptName.php?bcode=Smit-JE&pageNumber=2&pageTotal=9&referringPage=0. |
| 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 | Sibthorp, J, and Smith, J E, (1806-1813). "Florae Graecae prodromus: sive plantarum omnium enumeratio, quas in provinciis aut insulis Graeciae invenit Johannes Sibthorp... Characteres et synonyma omnium cum annotationibus elaboravit Jacobus Edvardus Smith." Londinum: [printer:] Taylor. Loddiges, C, et al, (1817-1833). "The Botanical Cabinet; consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all countries with a short account of each ... By Conrad Loddiges & Sons. The plates by George Cooke." London: Arch. |
| Publn Note | Online transcription of this letter and others between Talbot and Smith, including Smith's replies, available at http://www.foxtalbot.dmu.ac.uk/letters/name.php?bcode=Smit-JE&pageNo=0. |
