Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bingley, William
Sent from:
Christchurch, Hampshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Second edition of his tour of North Wales to appear shortly, updated from findings of second tour undertaken in 1801. Second edition of his "Animal Biography" also to appear; has material to take it from 3 to 4 volumes; new edition to stay with 3; 750 copies printed. He is now using German writers and untranslated French works for information; difficulty of obtaining Schreber's "Mammalia" and Bloch's "Ichthyologie"; uses British Museum Library; relying on Rees' "Cyclopedia" natural history writers. Requests list of suitable zoology books.
Hopes Smith is not concerned at his library and collections becoming spoils of war; concern for [Adam] Afzelius in Sierra Leone. Asks if there is a French translation of Bloch. Collecting 'Coleoptera'. Asks if Smith wants Hampshire fossils.
Letter date:
3 Dec 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.155
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 15 [Dec 1803] |
| 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 | Bingley, W, (1800). "A Tour round North Wales performed during the Summer of 1798 ..." London : E. Williams; not available in Linnean Society Library, available in British Library.
Bingley, W, (1813). "Animal biography, or popular zoology; comprising authentic anecdotes of economy, habits of life, instincts, and sagacity, of the animal creation... Fourth edition, with addition of more than one hundred and forty species." London: Rivington.
Bloch, M E, (1785-1797). "Ichthyologie ou histoire naturelle generale et particuliere des poissons." Berlin: de la Garde.
Rees, A (comp.) et al, (1819-1820). "The cyclopædia, or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature." London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. |
