Title:
Albrecht von Haller to Carl Linnaeus
Type:
Image
Licence:
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Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Linnaean Correspondence
Reference number:
LC/6/81
Archival level:
Item
Date:
14 March 1738
Placement:
Volume 6: 166
Extent:
166
Language:
la
Description:
Albrecht von Haller is expecting Linnaeus any day. He is now arranging the Papilionaceae. The Viciae and some of the Trifolia cause problems. George Clifford has not answered his letter. Adriaan van Royen has sent no seeds. Christian Gottlieb Ludwig has written that he does not plan to attack Linnaeus. Johann Georg Siegesbeck is the enemy both of Linnaeus and Ludwig. The latter has sent his Aphorismi botanici, a compendium of the structure of plants, in which he has made great use of Linnaeus. Haller hopes to send Johannes Jacobus Huber to the Alps to collect plants for his “Synopsis”. He would like Conrad Wischoff to engrave some plates of the new plants.
Sender:
Haller, Albrecht von
Recipient:
Linnaeus, Carl
Transcription:
Magno Botanico, Carolo Linnaeo, S[alutem] A[lbertus] Haller. Licet non sit admodum quod scribam, nolui tamen hasce ad Wischoffium dare Te praetermisso. Exspecto Te quotidie. Finita Anatome jam vacaturus Tibi & florae. Sum in Papilionaceis disponendis. Haereo in viciis & quibusdam Trifoliis. Nihil rescripsit Cliffort. Royenii semina non adcepi. Cura, cito adsis! Scripsit Ludwig se nihil contra Te moliri. Communis vobis hostis est Siegesbeck, qui et contra Lipsiensem nostrum aliquid acerbius edidit. Misit Aphorismos Botanicos, elegans compendium fabricae plantarum. Caeterum Tuis fundamentis plurimum est Usus. Nuper a[utem] sunt editi. Ibit, opinor, meo sumtu in Alpes D[ominus] Huber[us] spicilegium facturus ad synopsin stirpium Helveticarum, ubi quotidie plantulas quasdam mihi deesse conperio non sine dolore. Mineras non misi Cliffortio, quia non rescripsit. Tu selige Tibi & ipsi, quae volueris. Cura, si placet, persuadeas Wischoffio, ut plantar[um] novar[um] quasdam icones sculpat. Exiguus erit sumtus, stirpes vero elegantes. Non nisi novas aut summe dubias seligam. Placent hae icones semidoctis absque iis liber siccus quasi videtur & taediosus. Vale et adesto exoptatus hospes! In Georgia Augusta d[ie] 14 1738. [address] A Monsieur / Monsieur Linnaeus Docteur en / Medecine Membre de l’Acad. / Imperiale / A Leyde
Previous reference number:
L0246
Condition note:
seal tear, prominent seal
