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GB-110/JES/COR/14/17
Title
James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland]
Letter date
30 Mar 1790
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/17 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (30 March 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/17 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (30 March 1790) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Davall, Edmund
Sent to location:
Orbe, Switzerland
Summary:
Plants and drawings safely arrived but will wait for his zoological lectures to finish before commencing study. This year intends to bring out new edition of "Systema Vegetabilium" and a journal of his tour of the continent. Will inform [James] Sowerby of Davall's directions for the drawings. Davall should change name of 'Scirpus supinus' if certain it is Linnaeus' plant, otherwise call it 'Scirpus elongatus'. Received three proofs of Davall's work from Sowerby: the 'Spartium', 'Sisymbrium', and 'Crepis'. Davall's 'Scirpus triqueter' correct.
Letter date:
30 Mar 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.35
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Davall replied 27 Apr [1790] |
| 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 | For Davall's reply of 27 April 1790, see JES/COR/14/19. Linnaeus, C, and Murray, J A (ed.), (1774). "Systema vegetabilium secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum charcteribus et differentiis." Gottingae et Gothae: Typis et Impensis Jo. Christ. Dieterich, 13th ed. Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787", London: the author. |
