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GB-110/JES/COR/23/15
Title
John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, 6 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
7 Oct 1784
Author(s)
John Hope 1725-1786
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/15 from John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Mr Batty's, 6 Great Marlborough Street, London (7 October 1784)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, John
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for Hedwig and Broughton books, specimens of British plants, information on a cabinet for dried plants, and list of botanical books. List of books to be purchased for University Library, including: [William] Curtis' "Flora Londinensis", [Nikolaus von] Jacquin's "Flora Austriaca", "Icones plantare rariorum", and "Miscellanea Austriaca", [Casimir Christoph] Schmidel's "Dissertationes botanices", [Anders] Retzius' "Fasciculus observationum botanicarum", and Meerberg's "Icones Ludg. Bat.".
Letter date:
7 Oct 1784
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.31
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Broughton, A, (1782). "Enchiridion botanicum; complectens characteres genericos et specificos plantarum per Insulas Britannicas sponte nascentium..." Londinum: Robinson.. Curtis, W, (1777-1798). "Flora Londinensis: or plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London..." London: [privately]. Jacquin, N J v, (1773-1778). "Florae Austriacae, sive plantarum selectarum in Austriae Archiducatu sponte crescentium, icones..." Viennae Austriae: [printer:] Kaliwoda. Jacquin, N J v, (1778-1781). "Miscellanea Austriaca ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia ..." Vindobonae: Ex Officina Krausiana. Jacquin, N J v, (1781-1793). "Icones plantarum rariorum." Vindobona: Wappler. Schmidel, C C, and Troeltsch, G C, (1751). "Dissertatio inauguralis medica de Oreoselino ... moderatore ... Casimiro Christophoro Schmiedelio ... auctor et responders Georgius Christianus Troeltzsch ..." Erlangae: Litteris Tetzschnerianis. Retzius, A J, and Sahlstedt, M G, (1774). "Fasciculus observationum botanicarum ... praeses Anders Jahan Retzius ... & respondens Magnus Gustaf Sahlstedt ..." Lundini: Typis Berlingianis. |
| 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 19 [Oct 1784] |
