Title:
Adriaan van Royen to Carl Linnaeus
Type:
Image
Licence:
Contact [email protected]
Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Linnaean Correspondence
Reference number:
LC/12/131
Archival level:
Item
Date:
12 April 1738
Placement:
Volume 12: 269-270
Extent:
269-270
Description:
Adriaan van Royen thanks for plants and seeds Linnaeus has sent him in George Clifford’s name. One or two of them he is not able to recognise, but that problem will be easily solved at Linnaeus’s next visit. The letter enclosed was left with Royen by somebody (he does not know who) to be forwarded to Linnaeus. Herman Boerhaave is still ill. Even if his condition has improved, he must stay at home for the next three or four days. He has great respiratory difficulties. Royen asks Linnaeus to help him get some rare plants on the list he has given to Linnaeus and, if possible, bring them at his next visit. Royen sends his best wishes and heartfelt thanks to Clifford.
Sender:
Royen, Adriaan van
Sent from location:
Leydae [Leiden, Netherlands]
Recipient:
Linnaeus, Carl
Sent to location:
[Hartecamp, Netherlands]
Transcription:
Viro Clarissimo C[arolo] Linnaeo S[alutem] A[driaan] Van Royen, Plantas & semina, quas Nob[ilissimi] Cliffortii nomine misisti, accepi, debitasque pro iis grates reddo; intererat tamen una vel altera, quam ex foliis aut ligno certo determinare non poteram, forte erit ista, quae una cum Browallia in fictili excrevit, adventu tuo rem facile decidere poteris. Inclusas, quae ad Te datae sunt, litteras hodie accepi sed unde nescio, cum nullae, quae ad me pertinebant, essent adjectae. Cl[arissimus] Boerhaavius hodie paullo melius habet, sed per triduum vel quatriduum domi se continere debuit prae increscente continuo pectoris angustia & spiritus ducendi difficultate summa. Caeterum nihil heic novi: Quaeso, si tuo id fieri queat commodo, ex rarioribus juxta traditum indicem nonnulla specimina mihi colligas mecumque, ubi veneris, communices. Vale & Nob[ilissimo] Cliffortio, quem plurimum salvere jubeo, meo nomine pro omni humanitatis genere grates persolve. Leydae ad d[iem] 12 Aprilis 1738 [address] Myn Heer / De Heer Carolus Linnaeus / Med. Doct. &c / ten huize van den WelEd. Heer G. Clifford / op / Hartecamp.
Previous reference number:
L0248
Condition note:
Cluster of marks t.r. both sheets. 7 holes across 269. Tear across fold between sheets. Black seal 269 verso. Seal tear and various holes 270. Large area torn away b.r.corner 270 recto.
