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GB-110/JES/COR/9/36
Title
Josef August Schultes, Landshutt, Bavaria, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
1 May 1819
Author(s)
Josef August Schultes 1773-1831
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/36 from Josef August Schultes, Landshutt, Bavaria, to Sir James Edward Smith (1 May 1819)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Schultes, Josef August
Sent from:
Landshutt, Bavaria
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Relates history of his edition of Linnaeus' "Systema vegetabilium" produced with [Johann Jacob] Römer [(1763-1819), Swiss physician and botanist] and others, asks Smith to give his blessing to the project and join in the defence against the rival natural systems of [Antoine Laurent de] Jussieu and [Augustin Pyramus] Decandolle. Asks for Smith's advice on the sixth volume, which will include the 'Umbelliferae' and 'Pentandria'.
Letter date:
1 May 1819
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.71
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Linnaeus, C, Römer, J J, Schultes, J A, et al, (1817-1830). "Caroli a Linne equitis systema vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymis. Editio nova, Speciebus inde ab editione XV. [1797] detectis aucta et locupletata. Curantibus Joanne Jacobo Roemer ... et Jos.Augusto Schultes ... Stuttgardtiae: Sumtibus J.G.Cottae, 15th ed, 7 vols. |
| 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. |
