Title:
Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Paris, [France], to James Edward Smith
Type:
Image
Licence:
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Repository:
The Linnean Society of London
Collection:
Smith Correspondence
Reference number:
JES/COR/10/50
Archival level:
Item
Creator name:
Ventenat, Étienne Pierre (1757-1808)
Date:
3 Jun 1807
Placement:
Volume 10
Extent:
4 pp
Language:
fr
Description:
Thanks for books. Plants wanted by the Empress.Smith has drafted his reply on recto of second folio: thanks for books. Apologises as he can no longer send the Empress any seeds or plants. Sends his "Exotic Botany" nos. 2 to 23 and "Introduction to Botany", including a copy for Broussonet, and six ferns from Botany Bay, [Australia]: 'Lindsaea microphylla', 'Lindsaea linearis', 'Darea' nov. sp., 'Marattia' nov. sp., 'Schizaea bifida', and 'Woodwardia caudata'. Asks if they knew each other in Paris in 1786 or 1787.
Sender:
Ventenat, Étienne Pierre
Sent from location:
Paris, France
Recipient:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Notes:
Smith replied 19 Jan 1808
Related material:
Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman.
Finding aids:
Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.
Previous reference number:
10.82
