From:
Ippolito Maurizio Maria Durazzo
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
10 Sep 1787
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/4/85, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Reminds Smith to obtain seeds for him from [André] Thouin and others and to send via the Marquis of Spinola. Thanks in advance for [unspecified] book being brought by Mr Zimmermann [Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann?] and Mr Harbord. Asks Smith to recommend him any good books on physics or natural science he may come across in France. His 'Phaseolus caracalla' is flowering, promises to send specimens in the future.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London