Thomas Velley, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London

Summary

[William] Coyte mistaken in informing Smith that Velley wished to sell his recently acquired "curious uncut copy" of [Johan Jacob] Dillenius' "Historia Muscorum", of which only fifty copies were printed, apologises to Smith for the misunderstanding.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN507

From

Thomas Velley

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

28 Sep 1788

Sent from

Bath, Somerset

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/10/43, 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.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• Thomas Velley