| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/19 |
| Title | John Brand, Wyckham Skeith, near Twayte, Suffolk, to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Road, London |
| Description | Revised his system for arranging complicated genera by the shortest species character; history of the system, first used in conjunction with characters of [William] Hudson's 'Fucus' species; provides example based on 'Festuca' and determined with parcel of slips he also encloses. Requests name of another bookseller should White decline his book [second volume of his "Amoenitates Academicae" translation]. |
| Date | 6 Jun 1794 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Brand's letter of 8 April 1794 in which he mentions his system, see JES/COR/21/17.
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. |
| PrevRefNo | 21.41 |
| 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 |