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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/10/1
Title
Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, at Sir Joseph Banks', London
Letter date
3 Apr 1787
Author(s)
Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti 1755-1829
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/1 from Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, at Sir Joseph Banks', London (3 April 1787)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/1 from Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, at Sir Joseph Banks', London (3 April 1787) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Tozzetti, Ottaviano Targioni
Sent from:
Florence, Italy
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Intended to send a catalogue of seeds from from botanic garden of Santa Maria Nuova hospital, of which he is the head, as thanks for coming to see the herbarium of [Pier Antonio] Micheli [(1679-1737)] but it has been delayed. Will send any seeds Smith requests. Requests seeds of 'Lathyrus cicera'.
Desiderata in Smith's hand, second folio, comprising: 'Amethystea coerulea'; 'Avena nuda'; 'Catananche lutea'; 'Cerastium alpinum'; 'Cardamine resedifolia'; 'Dianthus diminutus'; 'Dolichos sesquipedalis'; 'Hasselquistia aegyptiaca'; 'Hieracium auricula'; 'Lagoecia cuminoides'; 'Silene atocion'; and 'Xeranthemum annuum'.
Letter date:
3 Apr 1787
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
10.1
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 25 Feb 1788 |
| Related Material | For catalogue of seeds, see JES/COR/10/2. |
| 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. |
