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GB-110/JES/ADD/75
Title
G T W Meyer, Hanover, [Germany], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
10 Nov 1818
Author(s)
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer 1782-1856
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/ADD/75 from G T W Meyer, Hanover, [Germany], to Sir James Edward Smith (10 November 1818)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Meyer, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm
Sent from:
Hanover, Germany
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends two copies of his book ["Primitiae florae Essequeboensis" (1818)], which he has dedicated to the Linnean Society, "renowned in England as well in the whole Continent". Intends to dedicate himself to botany; would appreciate an "alliance" with the Linnean Society. He is working on a "Flora Gottingenssis", which will include a new system of lichens and fungi and a "geognostix" description of the country. He is also writing a monograph on 'Alnus' and 'Betula'; Sir Joseph Banks has provided specimens. Asks Smith to reply via the Duke of Cambridge [Prince Adolphus (1774-1850)].
Letter date:
10 Nov 1818
Languages:
English
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Meyer, G F W, (1818). "Primitiae florae Essequeboensis adjectis descriptionibus centum circiter stirpium novarum observationibusque criticis..." Gottinga: Dieterich. |
| Additional | Smith replied 28 Apr 1819 |
