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GB-110/JES/COR/7/66
Title
Franz Karl Mertens, Bremen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date
16 Jul 1800
Author(s)
Franz Karl Mertens 1764-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/66 from Franz Karl Mertens, Bremen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (16 July 1800)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/66 from Franz Karl Mertens, Bremen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (16 July 1800) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Mertens, Franz Karl
Sent from:
Bremen, Germany
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Communications from [Philippe Picot] Lapeyrouse who is unsure if Smith received the numerous letters he sent, including: informing him of publication of his "Flore des Pyrenees" which he would like Smith to sell copies of, intends to publish another five volumes; how to purchase "Flora Lapponica", "Flora Londinensis", and "Plantae Cryptogam"; and sending dried of plants to Smith via Mertens. Requests British specimens of 'Ulva' and 'Conferva', has been botanising with [Albrecht Wilhelm] Roth [(1757-1834)]; requests specimens of the "Dicksonian discoveries"; and asks for introduction to [Dawson] Turner on strength of his collection of "algae aquaticae".
Letter date:
16 Jul 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.121
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 17 Nov [1800] |
| 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 Smith, J E, (1792). "Flora Lapponica" London: B. White & Son. Curtis, W, "Flora Londinensis", 2 vols, London: [privately] (1777-1798). Dickson, J, (1785-1801). "Fasciculus plantarum cryptogamicarum Britanniae." Londinum: [privately]. Roth, A W, (1788-1800). "Tentamen florae Germanicae." Lipsia: I.G. Muller. Roth, A W, (1797-1806). "Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur." 3 fasc. Lipsiae: Mulleriano. |
