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GB-110/JES/COR/22/4
Title
Benjamin Forster, Walthamstow, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
23 Oct 1802
Author(s)
Benjamin Meggot Forster 1764-1829
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/22/4 from Benjamin Forster, Walthamstow, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (23 October 1802)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/22/4 from Benjamin Forster, Walthamstow, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (23 October 1802) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Forster, Benjamin Meggot
Sent from:
Walthamstow, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Hopes complaint in Smith's face is better. [Lewis Weston] Dillwyn [(1778-1855), naturalist] moving to Wales, believes it will delay his 'Conferva' book. Asks for publication date of fungi part of Smith's "Flora [Britannica]", as he intends to write his own remarks. Compliments [James] Sowerby's figures [in "Coloured figures of English fungi.."], letter-press not as good and he has figured same individual under different appearances several times. Recommends fungi books for Smith to borrow from Sowerby, including Butch, Bolton, [Christiaan Hendrik] Persoon, Bulliard, and Schaeffer.
"Flora Londinensis" bought by Samuel Curtis, of the estate of William Curtis, his intentions unclear.
Letter date:
23 Oct 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
22.5
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 11 Nov [1802] |
| Related Material | Dillwyn, L W, (1802-1809). "British Confervae, or Coloured figures and descriptions of the British plants ..." London: [printer:] Phillips. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Sowerby, J, (1797-1809). "Coloured figures of English fungi or mushrooms ..." London: [printer:] J. Davis. Curtis, W, (1777-1798). "Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London..." London: [privately]. |
