Sir Joseph Banks: Foreign Correspondence, volume 2 : Correspondence

Author / Creator

Fabbroni, Giovanni, author

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Summary

Description: Correspondence addressed to Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1784. Letters are organised by year and include letters in English and French with a small number in Italian and an official document ...

Description: Correspondence addressed to Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1784. Letters are organised by year and include letters in English and French with a small number in Italian and an official document in Latin relating to the Royal Society. The letters themselves deal with friendship and scientific connections, arrangements for purchases and travel, the sending of seeds to colleagues, matters involving the Royal Society, of which Banks was president at the time. The letters are all from well-known contemporary scientists and botanists. Includes letters from several well-known contemporaries such as Benjamin Franklin, Augustus Broussonet and Giovanni Fabbroni.

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