Ref NoGB-110/JES/COR/21/18
TitleJohn Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London
DescriptionAsks 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".
Date7 May 1794
LevelItem
Extent3 pp
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialLinnaeus, 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.
NotesSmith replied 9 [May 1794]
PrevRefNo21.39
Finding_AidsDawson, 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 NameBrand, John (1743-1808)
Access_StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/110/1/371Brand; John (1743-1808); Church of England clergyman and political writer1743-1808
GB/110/1/129Kirby; William (1759-1850); entomologist and naturalist1759-1850
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