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GB-110/JES/COR/9/20
Title
Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 13 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
7 May 1796
Author(s)
Antonio Scarpa 1752-1832
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/20 from Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 13 Great Marlborough Street, London (7 May 1796)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Scarpa, Antonio
Sent from:
Pavia, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Introduces Dr [John] Lanigan [(1758-1828), Irish biblical scholar and historian], bearer of this letter and professor of theology at University of Pavia, who is visiting his family and avoiding the invasion of Milan by the French. Pleased by the comments on Pavia in Smith's "Tour on the Continent" and Smith's defence of [Antonio Giovanni] Scopoli, which has been reprinted in many languages. The box of copies of his "Tavole sui nervi dei Precordi" ["Tabulae neurologicae" (1794)?] he sent for the Royal Society and others in England has been seized by the French.
Letter date:
7 May 1796
Languages:
Italian
Prev Ref No:
9.35
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 | Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
