Eduard Sandifort, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden, Netherlands], to James Edward Smith

Summary

Thanks for parcel of books; returning copy of [James] Barbut's [(1711-1788), naturalist] "Genera insectorum" as the title page is damaged and plate 14 not coloured.

Paid 8 florins for Murray's "Frutribus" for Smith, which he will annotate for him at some point, and offers to send copies of his anatomical works. Thanks for parcel of plants and copy of "Reliquiae Rudbeckianae", as thanks for which he is including plates of a pregnant womb and parturient womb, and which are not to be found on sale. Requests third part of Barbut's "Genera vermium" and third of second book of [James] Bolton's [(1735-1799), botanist] "[History of] fungusses [growing about Halifax]".

Dr van der Wympersse, of whom Smith writes, died 18 months ago.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN3292

From

Eduard Sandifort

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

21 Sep 1789

Sent from

Leiden, Netherlands

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/9/3, The Linnean Society of London

Language

Latin

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.