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GB-110/JES/COR/4/81
Title
Ippolito Maurizio Maria Durazzo, Genoa, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Broussonet, Montpellier, [France]
Letter date
2 Oct 1786
Author(s)
Ippolito Maurizio Maria, Marquis Durazzo 1750-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/81 from Ippolito Maurizio Maria Durazzo, Genoa, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, chez Monsieur Broussonet, Montpellier, [France] (2 October 1786)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Durazzo, Ippolito Maurizio Maria
Sent from:
Genoa, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Montpellier, France
Summary:
Received Smith's two translations of dissertations by Linnaeus [see RelatedMaterial below]. Invites Smith to visit him in Genoa. Sends a list [not extant] of seeds and plants he would like for his botanical garden. Angry with [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet for not replying to his last letters or sending a promised portrait of Baymann.
Letter date:
2 Oct 1786
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
4.138
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 | Linnaeus, C, Smith, J E (tr.), (1786). "A dissertation on the sexes of plants" London: George Nicol. Linnaeus, C, Smith, J E (tr.), (1785). "Reflections on the study of nature" London: George Nicol. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
