Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/7/72
Title Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 4 Jul 1793
Author(s) Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer 1768-1795
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/7/72 from Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer, Göttingen, [Germany], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London (4 July 1793)

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Item Type: Document
From: Meyer, Friedrich Albrecht Anton
Sent from: Göttingen, Germany
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Requests information on the new species of 'Hystrix' [ie. Echidna] from New South Wales, no information in Captain [John] Hunter's "Voyages to New Holland". Using [Arthur] Phillip's and [John] White's "voyages" and [John] Latham's "Index ornithologicus" to communicate zoological finds from New Holland to his colleagues; details of a German translation of latter work. Smith's desciption of 'Bradypus ursinus' published by de Luc in "Rozier's Physical Journal" May 1792; [Jean-Claude] de la Métherie has made a poor figure of it in his ["Journal de Physique"], requests further descriptions of it. Smith's "disciple" Townson said there is a new Swedish edition of Linnaeus' "Fauna Suecica", asks if Smith is working on it and whether he is including the new insects from the Linnaean collections published in [Dietrich Heinrich] Stoever's biography of Linnaeus. Himself and [Heinrich Adolph] Schrader had planned a German translation of "Linnean Transactions" but preempted by Dr Reich of Leipzig, who has no zoological or botanical knowledge.

Letter date: 4 Jul 1793
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 7.13
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialHunter, J, (1793). "An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries ... in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip’s Voyage, etc." London; please note not available in Linnean Society Library but available in British Library. Phillip, A, (1789). "The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island ... to which are added the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries." London: Stockdale. White, J, (1790). "Journal of a voyage to New South Wales ... (A diary of the winds ...)." London: Debrett. Latham, J, (1790). "Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiae; complectens avium divisionem in classes ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates." Londinum: [privately]. Linnaeus, C, (1761). "Fauna Suecica sistens animalia sveciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior." Stockholmiae: Sumtu & literis direct. Laurentii Salvii. Stoever, D H, (1794). "The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus... to which is added, a...list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son... Translated from the... German by Joseph Trapp." London: White.
AdditionalSmith replied 24 Sep [1793]