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GB-110/JES/COR/5/111
Title
William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
9 [Sep 1797]
Author(s)
William Jones 1745-1818
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/111 from William Jones, Chelsea, [London], to James Edward Smith (9 September 1797)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Jones, William
Sent from:
Chelsea, London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for present of book ["The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia"] and acknowledgement therein, praises Smith's work, "upon the whole it has the three great requisites to a modern publication - good letter, good paper, and showy plates". Has a pair of 'Papilio lathonia'. Until seeing Smith's cabinets at Hammersmith was unable to distinguish between 'Phalaena', 'Padella', and 'Euonymella'; concluded that 'Euonymella' was not English, but this year [Adrian Hardy] Haworth [(1768-1833) botanist and entomologist] and another have found it and it is described by [John] Ray. Believes Smith is mistaken in his naming of the fly 'Argiolus' Tab. 15.
Letter date:
9 [Sep 1797]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.211
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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.446-447. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1797). "The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia ... from the observations of Mr. John Abbot ..." London: Edwards. Further discussion on the 'Argiolus' in Poulton, E B, Hobby, B M, Hemming, F, and Edelsten, H M, 'English names regularly used for British Lepidoptera up to the end of the eighteenth century, with a biographical account of William Jones of Chelsea', "Transactions of the Society for British Entomology", 1934 1(2), pp.139-184, reprint available from Linnean Society Library. |
