James Edward Smith, London, to Richard Pulteney, 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 details

Record number

LINNEAN3500

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Richard Pulteney

Date

9 Dec 1791

Sent from

London

Sent to

Blandford, Dorset

Source of text

GB-110/JES/MS238/10, 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.

• Richard Pulteney
• Sir James Edward Smith