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GB-110/JES/COR/24/81
Title
Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
1 Feb 1790
Author(s)
Richard Pulteney 1730-1801
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/24/81 from Richard Pulteney, Blandford, [Dorset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (1 February 1790)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Pulteney, Richard
Sent from:
Blandford, Dorset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Thanks for election as FLS. Isolated from progress of botany, owing to his "out of the way" location, not having a botanical correspondent in London, and inability to buy even old botanical books. Declines Smith's offer to acquire L'Héritier's "sumptuous work" until he is sure of its extent; would like to see the treatise on 'Geranium' mentioned in "Hortus Kewensis" but assumes the "present distracted state of France " will disrupt such publications.
[Smith has briefly noted on recto of second folio extent and cost of a book]
Letter date:
1 Feb 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
24.147
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Feb [1790] |
| Related Material | L'Héritier de Brutelle, C L, (1785-1791). "Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit ..." Paris: Pierres, 6 vols. Aiton, W, (1789). "Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew..." London: Printed for George Nicol. |
| 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. |
