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/6/80
Archival level:
Item
Date:
11 February 1738
Placement:
Volume 6: 164-165
Extent:
164-165
Language:
la
Description:
Albrecht von Haller sends some dissertations that are to be sent to Adriaan van Royen. In his “Synopsis” he has now come to the Papilionaceae, among which Trifolium and Vicia are difficult genera. Linnaeus laughs at Johann Georg Siegesbeck. Lorenz Heister is angry with Linnaeus; Linnaeus said Heister was not a systematic scholar. Among the Pediculares, which Linnaeus has sent, one is very similar to Haller’s white one with a beaked flower, but it differs in the leaves, habit, etc. He wonders what Linnaeus thinks of his objections that Caspar Bauhin describes Uva ursi as having fleshy dotted leaves. However, this character suits the species of Vaccinium rather than a plant with no dotted leaves. Haller only has a few mosses, but all the systems are deficient in genera and species, particularly among the Hypna. Johann Jakob Dillenius has many more species of Bryum than Haller. Haller has plenty of Polytricha. He sends his review written last July on Linnaeus’s characters. Writing the review in German was difficult. Andrea Cesalpino has been purchased from Pietro Antonio Micheli’s library. Haller wants Linnaeus to buy him Herman Boerhaave’s oration on resigning the charge of the garden. Haller values Francisco Hernandez because of Fabio Colonna’s notes. Haller is very eager to get hold of Colonna’s book, sold by Petrus Boudewyn van der Aa for 50 florins. Haller is now in possession of Johannes Burman’s Thesaurus Zeylanicus. He sends his regards to Adriaan van Royen and Hieronymus Davides Gaub.
Sender:
Haller, Albrecht von
Recipient:
Linnaeus, Carl
Sent to location:
[Leiden, Netherlands]
Transcription:
Maximo Botanico, Carolo Linnaeo, S[alutem] p[lurimam] d[icit] A[lbertus] Haller. Cum Tabulam aeneam Wischoffio mitterem, nefas duxi absque Xenio eam mittere. Addidi ergo dissertationes meas aliquas tradendas, ubi iis usus fueris, Clar[issimo] Royeno. Tibi plures praesens dabo. Ex iis hactenus instituti mei ratio patebit, minus equidem quam decet exculti. Ocium enim meum fere nullum est. Decem Cadavera secui. Urgeor ad edendas quasdam scholas Anatomicas Monstrique descriptionem. In Synopsi stirpium perveni ad Papilionaceas, inter quas genus unum difficile trifoliorum, alterum Viciae. Tu equidem rides Siegesbekium ejusque similes. Verum dedecet eruditos pugnax sermonum genus. Scriptum est ad Heisterum. Sed est ille Tibi paulum iniquior, quod eum pronunciaveris. Inter Pediculares Tua, quam misisti, proxima est meae flore rostrato albae, sed diversa foliis, habitu, &c., ut ex exemplo vidi, quod Tibi debeo. Quid de mea objectione sentis Uvam ursi dici a C[asparo] B[auhino] foliis carnosis punctatis, inde potius ad Vaccinii speciem pertinere quam ad plantam foliis minime punctatis, quam Tu Uvam Ursi dicis? Muscos habeo paucos et labat omne Systema in Generibus, deinde in speciebus, inprimis Hypnis. Brya etiam DILL[ENIUS] multo plura habet. Abundo Polytrichis. Quae tibi commoda erunt auferes. Adjeci recensionem Tuorum Characterum scriptam M[ense] Julio sed in tertium fasciculum rejectam a Directore operis, hinc sero prodeuntem. Ex eo mentem meam cernes. Sermonem Germanicum nauseoso labore ad res nunquam ita dictas debui adcommodare. Nova Botanica et Litteraria grata sunt. Si quid poteris mihi corradere, non nummos rependam solum, sed plurimum debebo Tibi. Caesalpinus mihi emtus est ex Michelii Bibliotheca. Non omitte Boerhaavii sermonem, quo curam horti deposuit, quo careo. Stimula Wischoffium, ut curet missum catalogum. Hernandez placet ob scripta Columnae. Supra Columnam in votis nihil est. Prostabat apud Vander Aa 50 flor[enis]. Hos egregie certe solverem. Noli inportunus esse mei in gratiam Burmanno. Dudum habeo Thesaurum Ceylanicum. Scopo meo equidem non maxime necessarium. Nos toti a Musarum strepitu remoti sumus, earum Musarum, quas Tu curas. Nihil habeo, quod scribam. Vale. Adesto citius! Gratissimus futurus hospes. Saluta Royenum Gaubiumque! Gottingae die XI febr[uarii] 1738. [address] A Monsieur / Monsieur Linnaeus Docteur / en Medecine tres celebre / A Leyde
Previous reference number:
L0241
Condition note:
seal tear, prominent seal
