Title:
Albrecht von Haller to Carl Linnaeus
Type:
Image
Licence:
Contact [email protected]
Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Linnaean Correspondence
Reference number:
LC/6/79
Archival level:
Item
Date:
9 January 1738
Placement:
Volume 6: 163
Extent:
163
Language:
la
Description:
Linnaeus has arranged for Albrecht von Haller to use Conrad Wishoff’s types to print the “Synopsis”. The form will be that of Linnaeus’s Flora Lapponica, but somewhat larger in size. The work cannot be printed before November, since he intends to give the whole history of the Fungi. Haller looks forward to Linnaeus’s arrival. The Cruciatae or Tetradynamiae are now finished. Haller will write to Johann Georg Siegesbeck and Christian Gottlieb Ludwig to forestall their criticism of Linnaeus. He will either keep his De Veronicis and De Pedicularibus or send them with the parcel to Wishoff. Haller has has never seen Tribuloides. Holosteum is very common in Germany. It has five undivided petals with marginal teeth like an Alcea and five stamens and three wavy tubes. The ovary, bluntly conical, opens at the top in five parts. The seeds are attached by short petioles to an obtusely three-angled receptacle. He sends his regards to Hieronymus Davides Gaub and Adriaan van Royen.
Sender:
Haller, Albrecht von
Recipient:
Linnaeus, Carl
Sent to location:
[Leiden, Netherlands]
Transcription:
Accuratissimo Botanicorum, D[omino] D[octori] Carolo Linnaeo, M[edicinae] Doctori, Soc[ietatis] Nat[urae] Cur[iosorum] Sod[ali], S[alutem] p[lurimam] d[icit] Haller. Pro Tua amicitia fecisti, mi Linnaee, quod aWishofio impetrasti, ut typos suos concederet opusculo meo. Forma erit fere Tuae florae Laponicae, moles paulo major. Sed cum fungorum historiam ab integro adsumere destinaverim, non potest ante Novembrem mensem initium fieri. Erunt tunc vero paratae 3/4 totius solaeque supererunt Arbores & gramina. Possent interim tabulae parari, si aliquas expetat Wischoffius. Interim Tuum adventum praestolor gratissimi hospitis, nisi quod multum de iis laudibus periturum praevideam, quas congeris in hominem cominus longe humiliorem. Doleo, quod ob Anatomen nequeam unice Botanicae incumbere. Absolvi tamen his feriis Cruciatas s[ive] tetradynamias (quam observationem ante hos XI annos feceram). Sed Tu, qui tot alias fecisti, merito Tuam habebis. Quantae ubique tenebrae in vulgaribus stirpibus in generibus constituendis! Siegesbeckii & Ludwigii censuram non metui. Mallem tamen abesset. Scribamque ad Heisterum & Ludwigium. Neque enim decet famae detrahere hominum, qui toti sunt in augenda notitia naturae. Lapides & metalla servabo. Sume, quae placent. Reliqua dabo Cliffortio, ad quem scripsi. Servabo etiam aut cum fasciculo Wischoffii mittam specimina mea de Veronicis & Pedicularibus. Tribuloidem nunquam vidi. Holostium[sic] hic vulgatissimum est. Habet petala integra quinque margine aliquot dentibus adroso more Alceae, stamina 5, Tubae tres repandae. Ovarium e cylindrico obtuse conicum dissilit apice in quinque partes. Semina brevibus petiolis ad receptaculum obtuse triquetrum. Calyx quinque foliis; potes fidere. Expectatissime hominum, vale & cito adesto! Salvere jubeo Gaubium, Royenum et alios amicos! Gottingae die IX Jan[uarii] 1738. Si quid libror[um] corradere potueris, quorum nomina dedi, facies gratissimum. Nummos nunc commodius in manum tradere licebit. [address] A Monsieur / Monsieur Linnaeus, Docteur / en Medecine, Membre de l’Acad. / Imperiale / A Leyde
Previous reference number:
L0236
Condition note:
seal tear, prominent seal
