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GB-110/JES/COR/15/126
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Aug 1798
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/126 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith (12 August 1798)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Asks Smith's opinion of [Nikolaus von] Jacquin's new book ["Plantarum rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis"] as whilst she is tempted by "so many beautiful lillys [sic]", price of 30 guineas for two volumes is "enormous" and whether he thinks it will be Jacquin's last work, in which case she would purchase it. Requests fresh supply of Smith's Norfolk buns as they check the spasmodic wind in her chest. Suffering from the extreme hot weather but her eyelids and incessant tear in her eye are better after Mr Phipps' application.
[Smith annotation: "I have only seen some plates of Jacquin's work, but I think you sh'd have it"]
Letter date:
12 Aug 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.239
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Jacquin, N J F v, (1797-1804). "Plantarum rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis: descriptiones et icones." Vienna: Wappler. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 20 Aug [1798] |
