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GB-110/JES/COR/5/15
Title
Michel Esprit Giorna, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, London
Letter date
11 Mar 1792
Author(s)
Michel Esprit Giorna 1788-1809
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/15 from Michel Esprit Giorna, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, London (11 March 1792)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/15 from Michel Esprit Giorna, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, London (11 March 1792) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Giorna, Michel Esprit
Sent from:
Turin, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for the first volume of "Linnean Transactions". Henry Matthey has been working in a bank in Genoa for the last six months, his delusions of grandeur cured by squandering his patrimony in London. The fate of the pictures of birds Giorna sent him is unknown after they were claimed by an agent who advanced 20 guineas. Thanks for suggestion of [John] Latham as a correspondent. Hopes Smith has by now received the box of insects he sent via Mr Passavant, an English merchant in Turin. Forgot to send 'Kermes elegans' but was unsure on its classification. Believes [Pietro] Rossi's [(1738-1804) Italian entomologist] "Fauna Etrusca" qualifies him to become a member of the Linnean Society, asks how this could be achieved.
Letter date:
11 Mar 1792
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
5.33
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 | Rossi, P, Hellwig, J C L and Illiger, J K W (1795-1807). "Fauna Etrusca sistens insecta quae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit Petrus Rossius... Tomus primus... a ... Ioh. Christ. Lud. Hellwig... (Tomus secundus... a ... Carolo Illiger.)." Helmstadium: Fleckeisen. |
| Additional | Smith replied 23 May [1792] |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
