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GB-110/JES/COR/10/50
Title
Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 Jun 1807
Author(s)
Étienne Pierre Ventenat 1757-1808
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/50 from Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith (3 June 1807)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Ventenat, Étienne Pierre
Sent from:
Paris, France
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for books. Plants wanted by the Empress.
Smith has drafted his reply on recto of second folio: thanks for books. Apologises as he can no longer send the Empress any seeds or plants. Sends his "Exotic Botany" nos. 2 to 23 and "Introduction to Botany", including a copy for Broussonet, and six ferns from Botany Bay, [Australia]: 'Lindsaea microphylla', 'Lindsaea linearis', 'Darea' nov. sp., 'Marattia' nov. sp., 'Schizaea bifida', and 'Woodwardia caudata'. Asks if they knew each other in Paris in 1786 or 1787.
Letter date:
3 Jun 1807
Languages:
French
Prev Ref No:
10.82
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 19 Jan 1808 |
| 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, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
