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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/9/18
Title
Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 May 1792
Author(s)
Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/18 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (30 May 1792)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Smith's additional remarks on his "Introductory Discourse" came too late to be included in [L'Abbé Gregoire] Fontana's translation of it. Introduces Dr Valli in advance, who is walking from Pavia to London. Description of [Luigi] Galvani's discoveries in animal electricity [(1737-1798), Italian physician]. Appreciation of Smith's biography of [Giovanni Antonio] Scopoli and its exposure of the slander surrounding Scopoli.
Letter date:
30 May 1792
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
9.33
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 30 Jun 1793 |
| Related Material | For letter from L'Abbé Gregoire Fontana to Smith on translation of Smith's "Introductory Discourse" see JES/COR/4/103, and Scarpa's previous letter JES/COR/9/17, and subsequent JES/COR/9/19; for further description of Galvani's experiments also see JES/COR/4/103. Smith, J E, 'Introductory Discourse On The Rise And Progress Of Natural History', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1791 1(1), pp.1-55. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.398-400. |
| 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. |
