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GB-110/JES/COR/8/71
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
6 Oct 1789
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/71 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London (6 October 1789)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Wishes to join Linnean Society. Received Smith's "[Plantarum] icones" and "Reliquiae rudbeckianae" and [Johann] Gmelin's edition of "Systema [naturae]". Asks if [William] Withering and [John] Stokes' "Botanical Arrangement" is correct to designate "the Cornish heath" as new. Asks if any copies of [Olof] Swartz's "Prodromus Plant. Amer." are available in London.
Letter date:
6 Oct 1789
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.141
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 21 Dec [1789] |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Linnaeus, C, (1789-1791). "Plantarum icones hactenus ineditae, plerumque ad plantas in herbario Linnaeo conservatas delineatae." Londini: Impensis Benj. White et Filii. Rudbeck, O T E, Smith, J E (ed.), et al, (1789). "Reliquiae rudbeckianae, sive camporum elysiorum libri primi, olim Olao Rudbeckio patre et filio, Upsaliae anno 1702 editi quae supersunt, adjectis nominibus Linnaeanis ..." Londini: Imprensis Editoris. Gmelin, J F, and Linnaeus, C, (1788-1793). "Systema naturae per regna tria natuirae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis." Lipsiae: Impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, 13th ed. Withering, W, and Stokes, J, (1787-1792). "A botanical arrangement of British plants... The second edition... including a new set of references to figures by Jonathan Stokes." Birmingham: Robinson. Swartz, O, (1788). "Nova genera & species plantarum seu prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam occidentalem... 1783-87 digessit Olof Swartz." Holmia: Swederi. |
