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GB-110/JES/COR/24/82
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date
4 Feb 1790
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/82 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (4 February 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/24/82 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, [London] (4 February 1790) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks Smith for offering to procure botanical books for him; requests L'Héritier's "Sertum anglicum"; directions for sending. Anxious to procure those books quoted by Linnaeus, particularly Dalechamp and Brunssaling. He is about to publish his "Sketches of the progress of botany" [(1790)], orginally intended as an introduction to a large scale English flora.
Letter date:
4 Feb 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.149
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 | L'Héritier de Brutelle, C L, (1788). "Sertum Anglicum seu plantae rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum, imprimis in Horto Regio Kewensi excoluntur, ab ... 1786 ad 1787 observatae; Cornus. Specimen botanicum sistens descriptiones et icones specierum corni minus cognatarum." Paris: Typis Didot. Pulteney, R, (1790). "Historical and biographical sketches of the progress of botany in England from its origin to the introduction of the Linnaean system." London: Cadell. |
| Additional | Smith replied 18 [Feb 1790] |
