Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/25/2
Title Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith, London
Letter date 28 Dec 1809
Author(s) Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783-1840
Number of Pages 5

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GB-110/JES/COR/25/2 from Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Palermo, [Sicily], to James Edward Smith, London (28 December 1809)

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Item Type: Document
From: Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Sent from: Palermo, Sicily
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Asks after his previous letter [25 May 1809], knowing that Smith responded to Bivona; forwarding letter and box of plants from Bivona to Smith. The work he was printing when he last wrote to Smith is delayed, his other planned works. Sends plates [extant] from one of them, “Fasciculus novae vel minus Cognitarum Siciliae plantarum”, with queries for Smith to answer.
Two uncoloured plates of plants.

Letter date: 28 Dec 1809
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 25.1
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Note typeNote
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.