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[1]
Letter 15 August 1749, Leiden to Carl Linnaeus
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Wishof, Conrad
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Origin
Leiden
, Netherlands, 1749-08-15
Physical description
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Transcription
Vir Celeberrime,
Literis Celeberrimi Viri praecedenti anno acceptis Amstaelodamo ad te misimus duos Libros, nempe
Critic[a] et Class[es] Planta[rum]
a Celeberrimo Editos. Jam vero nos latet, utrum acceperis necne. Ideo aequum ducimus Virum Celeberrimum rogare, an justo tempore illorum compos factus sis. Non dubitamus, quin mora rescriptionis fuerit quaedam peregrinatio causa observandi quaedam naturalia instituta, quod nuper ex quibusdam Literis publicis maxima jucunditate intelleximus, sperantes fore, si aequum duxeris, ut nos afficiaris tanto favore, ut illa observata nobis impressum mittas.
Iisdem ex Literis maximo gaudio certiores facti sumus te velle nobis mittere aliud exemplar
Critic[orum] ac Class[ium] plant[arum]
additamentis auctum, quod summopere a Doctis desideratur, neque non est, quod maximum gaudeamus gaudium, quod erga nos tam benevolus sis, quia haec tua opera jam in Germania quoque edita in nostras regiones in nostrum summum damnum invehuntur.
Operis, cui impositus
Generum Plantarum Titulus
, pauca exemplaria supersunt. Hac de causa supplices quaerimus, si quaedam additamenta addenda sint, ut nobis illud iterum impressum mittas.
Maximo desiderio exspectamus
Phil[osophiam] Botan[icam]
. Interim gratias agentes pro tuo in nos benevolo animo, quia nuper Viro Celeberrimo nobis promittere libuit, se nemini quam nobis ad imprimendum illud opus daturum. Viri Celeberrimi imaginem accipere, quo citius eo melius nobis gratissimum erit; curabimus, ut nitidissimo incidatur modo summa admiratione vidimus. Quendam Wetsteinium Amstaelodamensem bibliopolam a tuo typographo in Suecia accepisse
Materiem Medicam
a Celeberrimo Viro editam, necnon
Flor[am] Upsal[iensem]
et
Flor[am] Zeylan[icam]
. Optamus equidem, ut illud pro nobis efficere velles, ut ille typographus ad nos omnia tua opera ibi impressa mitteret vendenda, sicuti olim ad nos misit
Flor[am] Suecic[am]
et
Faun[am] Suec[icam]
, item Act[a] Upsal[iensia], hujus operis jam dudum alias exspectavimus partes.
Hic bibliopola vendit hos libros multo majori pretio, quo nos pro rato vendidimus illos libros nempe
Flor[am] Suecic[am]
et
Faun[am] Suec[icam]
et alios a nobis impressos. Ideo plurimi de hoc conqueruntur, unde fit, ut non, nisi exiguo numero vendantur.
Haec pauca ad te scribere volui. Si quare tibi interim opus est, dicas; semper parati erimus. Interim cum tota tua familia valeas ac diu vivas, volumus!
Dabamus Lugd[uni] Bat[avorum] D[ie] 15 Augusti 1749.
C[onrad] Wishoff
et
Georgii Jacobi Wishofii
Filius Conradi
Monsieur
Monsieur
C[arolus] Linnaeus
Professeur tres Celebre
dans la Medecine, Botanique
&c. &c.
a
Upsal en Suede
franco Hambourg
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Venue:
Date [?]
Original location:
a. (Linnean Society, London, XVI, 257-258).
Document type
Letter
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SE 751 20 Uppsala
Linnaean correspondence
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-224569
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
L1045
(Linnébrev)
alvin-record:224569
(alvin)
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