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GB-110/JES/COR/9/14
Title
Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
12 Sep 1788
Author(s)
Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/14 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (12 September 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/14 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (12 September 1788) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Still awaiting the works Smith sent, in addition requests transcription of [Johan Christian] Fabricius' 1783 memoir on the hearing of insects and tracings of the plates for his own work. Congratulations on establishment of Linnean Society, gratified by invitation to join. Highlights errors in [Lazzaro] Spallanzani's [(1729-1799), Italian physiologist] work on digestion by comparing it with [John] Hunter's [(1728-1793), surgeon] memoir on same. Chair of Chemistry and Botany at University of Pavia still vacant since death of [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli.
[On separate folio] List of plant names, possibly in a different hand, no reference to this in the rest of the letter.
Letter date:
12 Sep 1788
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
9.22
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. |
| Related Material | Scarpa, A, (1789). "Anatomicae disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu." Ticinus: Galeatius. |
| Additional | Smith replied 7 Oct [1788] |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
