Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/50
Title Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 3 Jun 1807
Author(s) Étienne Pierre Ventenat 1757-1808
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/50 from Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith (3 June 1807)

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Item Type: Document
From: Ventenat, Étienne Pierre
Sent from: Paris, France
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Thanks for books. Plants wanted by the Empress.
Smith has drafted his reply on recto of second folio: thanks for books. Apologises as he can no longer send the Empress any seeds or plants. Sends his "Exotic Botany" nos. 2 to 23 and "Introduction to Botany", including a copy for Broussonet, and six ferns from Botany Bay, [Australia]: 'Lindsaea microphylla', 'Lindsaea linearis', 'Darea' nov. sp., 'Marattia' nov. sp., 'Schizaea bifida', and 'Woodwardia caudata'. Asks if they knew each other in Paris in 1786 or 1787.

Letter date: 3 Jun 1807
Languages: French
Prev Ref No: 10.82
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 19 Jan 1808
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialSmith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman.