| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/17 |
| Title | John Brand to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London |
| Description | Thanks for Smith's advice [on sale of copies of Brand's "Amoenitates Academicae" translation and manuscript of second volume]; he was only offered 13 guineas so intends to offer it in London. Details of the second volume, which includes: essay on hybrid plants; two abridged dissertations of Koebrenter on 'Lychni cuculoalus' and 'Digitalis hybriae'; a complete Herbatio Anglica from Hudson's 1778 edition, details of arrangement. Requests advice on selling remaining copies of first volume. Has a system for mechanically arranging species of complicated genera by the shortest character of a species; believes some of the genera in "Systema Naturae" were arranged by a similar system. |
| Date | [8 Apr] 1794 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For description and example of Brand's system, see his letter of 6 June 1794, JES/COR/21/19.
Linnaeus, C, and Brand, J, (tr.), (1781). "Select dissertations from the Amoenitates Academicae, a supplement to Mr Stillingfleet's tracts relating to natural history ... Volume 1." London: G. Robinson & J. Robson. |
| Notes | Smith replied 9 May [1794] |
| PrevRefNo | 21.37 |
| 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. |
| Creator Name | Brand, John (1743-1808) |
| Access_Status | Open |