Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/18 |
Title | John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London |
Description | Asks Smith's advice regarding making a deal with a London bookseller [to sell copies of his translation of "Amoenitates Academicae"]; desires an interview with Smith when in London and to see his "superb museum". Has applied to become one of the "Jackalls" to [William] Kirby, "the lion of entomologists". |
Date | 7 May 1794 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 3 pp |
Language | English |
Related Material | 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 | 21.39 |
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 |