Antonio Scarpa, Pavia, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 13 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

Introduces Dr [John] Lanigan [(1758-1828), Irish biblical scholar and historian], bearer of this letter and professor of theology at University of Pavia, who is visiting his family and avoiding the invasion of Milan by the French. Pleased by the comments on Pavia in Smith's "Tour on the Continent" and Smith's defence of [Antonio Giovanni] Scopoli, which has been reprinted in many languages. The box of copies of his "Tavole sui nervi dei Precordi" ["Tabulae neurologicae" (1794)?] he sent for the Royal Society and others in England has been seized by the French.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3282

From

Antonio Scarpa

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

7 May 1796

Sent from

Pavia, Italy

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/9/20, The Linnean Society of London

Language

Italian

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.