Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/5
Title Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London
Letter date 9 Sep 1790
Author(s) Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti 1755-1829
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/5 from Ottaviano Targioni Tozzetti, Florence, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Marlborough Street, London (9 September 1790)

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Item Type: Document
From: Tozzetti, Ottaviano Targioni
Sent from: Florence, Italy
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Fears that [Gregory] Boraston may not have been able to deliver to Smith the plates of [Pier Antonio] Micheli's [(1679-1737)], memoir on 'Lathyrus sativus', and letter he entrusted to him in Florence. Has requested of Mr Hilton a model of the pump of Albion mill.

Letter date: 9 Sep 1790
Languages: French
Prev Ref No: 10.13
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
CopiesEnglish translation available from Linnean Society Library.
AdditionalSmith replied 1 Feb 1791
Related MaterialFor letter informing Smith of having sent Micheli's plates see JES/COR/10/4. Micheli, P A, (1748). "Icones plantarum submarinarum. 60 folio, uncoloured, engraved plates of marine algae." Florence.