Jonas Dryander, London, to James Edward Smith, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/4/70
Title Jonas Dryander, London, to James Edward Smith, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France]
Letter date 5 Sep 1786
Author(s) Jonas Dryander 1748-1810
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/4/70 from Jonas Dryander, London, to James Edward Smith, Rue St Denis, Paris, [France] (5 September 1786)

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Item Type: Document
From: Dryander, Jonas
Sent from: London
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Paris, France
Summary:

Unenthusiastic about Smith's apparent offer to obtain the works on animals of Albertus Magnus [(c 1206-1280) Dominican friar and bishop], "of all dull books, the most dull are those of scholastic writers". Grudgingly advises only to buy if the 1478 Rome or 1479 Mantua editions should ever surface, "though it is throwing money away on trash". Received an answer from [Johann] Hedwig "to the prize question in Petersburg, with 37 colour plates" and the two first fasciculi of his "Stirpes Cryptogamicae". Agrees with Hedwig's account of the "fructification of 'Filices' and 'Algae' although unconvinced on 'Equisteum'. Sends compliments to [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet, asks how the Royal Society can acquire the complete set of "Memoires de l'academie des Sciences", lists years currently missing.

Letter date: 5 Sep 1786
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 4.12
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialHedwig, J, (1788). "Stirpes Cryptogamicae", Lipsiae: Müller; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Albertus, M, (1958). "Libellus de Natura Animalium Pespulcae moralizatus ... A fifteenth century Bestiary reproduced in facsimile with an introduction by J.I. Davis" London.
Publn NoteSmith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.165-166.
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.