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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/4/85
Title
Ippolito Maurizio Maria Durazzo, Genoa, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, Paris, [France]
Letter date
10 Sep 1787
Author(s)
Ippolito Maurizio Maria, Marquis Durazzo 1750-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/85 from Ippolito Maurizio Maria Durazzo, Genoa, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, Paris, [France] (10 September 1787)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Durazzo, Ippolito Maurizio Maria
Sent from:
Genoa, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Paris, France
Summary:
Reminds Smith to obtain seeds for him from [André] Thouin and others and to send via the Marquis of Spinola. Thanks in advance for [unspecified] book being brought by Mr Zimmermann [Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann?] and Mr Harbord. Asks Smith to recommend him any good books on physics or natural science he may come across in France. His 'Phaseolus caracalla' is flowering, promises to send specimens in the future.
Letter date:
10 Sep 1787
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
4.146
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 25 Oct [1787] |
| Related Material | For further on 'Phaseolus caracalla', see JES/COR/4/87. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.271-273. |
| 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. |
