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GB-110/JES/COR/25/63
Title
James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
2 Jan 1810
Author(s)
James Sowerby 1757-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/63 from James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (2 January 1810)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/63 from James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Surrey Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (2 January 1810) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Sowerby, James
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sends "English botany" as usual but late, and adds profile of [Peter Simon] Pallas as a present from [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, who has given the plate to Linnean Society. Sends a couple of drawings for "English botany" and some of Smith's specimens and drawings. He has begun some things for "Icones pictae", asks if Smith wishes to go on with it. Hopes to get faster out of debt this year. Encloses £20 bank note and package from [William] Borrer.
Sending profile of Pallas, plants, and drawings until some "Flora Graeca" is sent.
Letter date:
2 Jan 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.142
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
| 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. |
