From Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick McCoy   11 Jan 1858

Melbourne bot Garden

11. Jan 58.

My dear Professor M'Coy

Our friend Harvey solicits for subscription to his Phycologia Australica,1 and I trust you will procure this valuable publication for the University Library, particularly as a set of authentic specimens is under your care of Harveys Austral. Algae.

It will come out in 50 monthly parts, each containing 6 coloured plates with corresponding letter-press at 3/ each. Publisher Mr Lovell Reeve, 5 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.

If you like I will send for your copy, to come out along with mine to be ordered by this mail.

your attached

Ferd. Mueller

Harvey (1858-63).

MS address: 'Prof. MacCoy | Melbourne University'.

Please cite as “FVM-58-01-11,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/58-01-11