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GB-110/JES/COR/8/73
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
14 Oct 1792
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/73 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (14 October 1792)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Asks to borrow Smith's folio copy of [Johann] Hedwig's "Historia muscorum" for the catalogue of plants he is compiling for Nichols' "History of Leicestershire", the previous editions are not proper to reference from. Reflects on his youthful enthusiasm for 'Musci' and small plants inspired by [John] Ray's "Synopsis" and his exchanges with [William] Hudson. Visited late Earl of Bute's "very rich" botanical library, 300 feet long conservatory, and four acre garden [John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792)]. Asks for L'Héritier's current location.
Letter date:
14 Oct 1792
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.137
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 16 Oct [1792] |
| Related Material | Hedwig, J, (1782). "Fundamentum historiae naturalis muscorum frondosorum ..." Lipsia: Crusius. Ray, J, (1690). "Synopsis methodica stirpium Britannicarum, in qua tum notae generum characteristicae traduntur, tum species singulae breviter describuntur ... (Emendanda in catalogo plantarum Angliae)." Londini: prostant apud Sam Smith. |
