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GB-110/JES/COR/5/14
Title
Michel Esprit Giorna to James Edward Smith
Letter date
24 Jun 1789
Author(s)
Michel Esprit Giorna 1788-1809
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/14 from Michel Esprit Giorna to James Edward Smith (24 June 1789)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Giorna, Michel Esprit
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Henry Matthey has written to his parents in Turin stating the cases of natural history drawings sent by Giorna have been detained by Customs due to his lack of money. Matthey's parents have asked Smith to anonymously pay the duties plus £2 for anything Matthey may need, Smith to be reimbursed from the proceeds of selling the drawings. Comments that Viller's "Entomologia Linnaeana" should have been called "Entomogia Europea Juxta Sistema Linneai" as only European insects are described. Complains that the authors of the "Collection des papillons de l'Europe" have abandoned it at the sixteenth installment.
Letter date:
24 Jun 1789
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
5.32
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, and Villers, C J d, (1789). "Caroli Linnaei Entomologia faunae suecicae descriptionibus aucta ... Curante & augmente Carolo de Villers ..." Lugduni: Sumptibus Piestre et Delamolliere. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
