Thomas William Coke, Holkham [Hall, Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith

Summary

Manuscripts received from [William] Roscoe, including Caesar's "Commentaries" and "Praeses fid."; and a Livy which is apparently the actual copy sent by Cosmo de Medici to Alfonso, King of Naples, as a peace offering and mentioned in Roscoe's "Life of Lorenzo de Medici". Roscoe informs him that Mr Jones has adopted Smith's advice for a regular system of "three [book] binders besides himself constantly employed". Roscoe has sat for his portrait with [Sir Martin Archer] Shee [(1769-1850) portrait painter and writer].

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2661

From

Thomas William Coke

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

17 Jan 1816

Sent from

Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/3/84, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.