James Edward Smith, London, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorset

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Ref No GB-110/JES/MS238/10
Title James Edward Smith, London, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorset
Letter date 9 Dec 1791
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/MS238/10 from James Edward Smith, London, to Richard Pulteney, Blandford, Dorset (9 December 1791)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: London
To: Pulteney, Richard
Sent to location: Blandford, Dorset
Summary:

Thanks for Pulteney's letter of 4 [Dec 1791] and bill. Discusses arrival of remaining prints for first volume of Cavanilles' ["Icones et descriptiones plantarum quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt"]. Gaertner dead, unclear if his 5 remaining "Centuriae" will be published. Laments death of Dr Pictairn, said that his collection will be sold.

Letter date: 9 Dec 1791
Languages: English
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Related MaterialCavanilles, A J, (1791-1801). "Icones et descriptiones plantarum quae aut sponte in Hispania crescunt, aut in hortis hospitantur." Matritum: Regia Typographia.