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| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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Shelfmark:
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Waller Ms benl-00350 |
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Type of object:
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manuscript |
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Dimensions:
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232 x 185mm |
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Extent:
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2 foll. |
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Material:
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paper |
| DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS |
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Type of element:
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letter |
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Extent:
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1a-2b |
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Language:
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Latin |
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Place:
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Leiden |
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Date:
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1733-02-05 (doubtful) |
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Comments to date:
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day doubtful |
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Short summary:
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Reasons for the late answer to the addressee's letter, sending of some promised specimens of plants; plans to return to America of a mutual friend, Houston, and his works with plants there; on a newly published book |
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Person:
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Gronovius, Johannes Fredericus, 1690-1760, Politician, Botanist, Natural scientist, author |
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Person:
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Gesner, Johann Albrecht, 1694-1760, Physician, addressee ? |
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Person:
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Dillen, Johann Jakob, 1684-1747, Botanist, Zoologist, Biologist, person referred to |
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Person:
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Houston, William, 1695-1733, Physician, Botanist, person referred to |
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Subject:
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Botany |
| COMMENTS |
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Comments:
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Work commented upon is: "Hortus Elthamensis, seu Plantarum rariorum, quas in horto suo Elthami in Cantio coluit ... Jacobus Sherard ... Guilielmi ... frater delineationes et descriptiones, etc. MS. notes., DILLENIUS. Johann Jakob, 2 tom. pp. viii. 437. pl. CCCXXIV. Londini, 1732. fol." |
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