John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/21/16
Title John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London
Letter date 23 Jan 1794
Author(s) John Brand 1743-1808
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/21/16 from John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London (23 January 1794)

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Item Type: Document
From: Brand, John
Sent from: Wyckham Skeith, Suffolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Asks Smith's advice on pricing the remaining copies of his "Amoenitates Academicae" translation and manuscript of a second volume, which a gentlemen in Norwich has offered to buy, and on insertion of [Benjamin] Stillingfleet's [(1702-1771)] essays to make it a good library book for English naturalists.

Letter date: 23 Jan 1794
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 21.35
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 20 Feb [1794]
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialLinnaeus, C, and Brand, J, (tr.), (1781). "Select dissertations from the Amoenitates Academicae, a supplement to Mr Stillingfleet's tracts relating to natural history ... Volume 1." London: G. Robinson & J. Robson.