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GB-110/JES/COR/9/19
Title
Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Aug 1793
Author(s)
Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/19 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith (15 August 1793)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Introduces Dr Rasori, the bearer of this letter, who is in London to compliment his medical studies and brings copies of the Italian translation of Smith's "Introductory Discourse". Rasori has translated into Italian the work of the late Brown [John Brown (1735-1788), Scottish physician ?], it is a valuable work but resisted by older doctors. Requests introductions to Mr Simmons, Hunter, and Crookshank for Rasori.
Letter date:
15 Aug 1793
Languages:
Italian
Prev Ref No:
9.34
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 | 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 letters JES/COR/9/17-18. 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. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
