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Banks, Joseph, Sir
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Letter 26 May 1772, London to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala
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Letter 26 May 1772, London to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Banks, Joseph
, Sir, 1743-1820
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Incipit
Ne aegre feras, qvod, in litteris Tuis respondendis
Origin
London
, Great Britain, XXVI: Maji MDCCLXXII
Physical description
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Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Transcription
Vir Illustrissime,
Ne aegre feras, quod, in litteris Tuis respondendis, longam sane interposui moram. Neque, mihi crede, voluntas defuit, nec scribendi materia, sed pudori erat, litteras antea transmittere quam occasionem sors offerret observationes aliquot iisdem addere novas, ut Te, Vir Illustrissime, certiorem facerem, memet tempus potissimum consumsisse in rimandis naturae secretis ejusque adytis penetrandis.
Postquam in eo per tempus versatus fuerim, ut nostratum satisfacerem curiositati, jam aliud et quidem majoris momenti me avocat negotium, pro nova scilicet peregrinatione necessaria quaevis parandi, quod, ut eo melius perficerem, plurima amicitiae officia, proh dolor, necessaria negligere cogebar, quod cum ita est, in meliorem interpreteris, quaeso, me, specimina quae Tibi, Vir illustrissime, diu reservata fuere nec transmittere posse, neque quae solidissimam Doctoris Solandri testantur eruditionem, ob angustiam qua premor temporis prius publici facturum juris, quam, cum proprios iterum lares salutare mihi contigerit, dum spero fore, ut ampla mihi detur ansa & promissum persolvendi & exspectationi Tuae, Vir Illustrissime, ex voto faciendi satis.
Brevi amicis valedicens Angliam relinquo; quatuor quidem iisque peritissimis comitatus pictoribus, certe mihi persuadeo, ut omnia, quae scientiam naturalem respiciunt, quoad fieri potest, adcurate delineata & omnibus numeris expleta reportem, nec omni destituor spe, ad ignotas adpellendi oras, dum quoque opportune erit polum antarcticum eminus saltem contemplandi.
Veneratione & pietate Temet, Vir Illustrissime, sane prosequor singulari, quem dignum scientiae parentem nullo non tempore agnoscam. Ad metam interea, quam mihi proposui contendens, ex intimo pectore opto, illucescat ille dies, cum coram ipse Tibi deferam laborum & lucubrationum primitias, quae, Tibi, Vir Illustrissime, ob maxima, quibus in Scientiis & praecipue naturali alteris antecellis merita, jure dicandae, sic vovet permansurus, quoad vixero,
Illustrissimi Nominis Tui
cultor observantissimus
Jos[ephus] Banks.
Dabam Lond[ini] Anglor[um] Die XXVI Maji MDCCLXXII.
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Additional physical form :
Linnaeus, Carl: Bref och skrifvelser af och till Carl von Linné. Utgifna och med upplysande noter försedda af Th. M. Fries, J. M. Hulth & A. Hj. Uggla. Afdelning I:1-8, Afdelning II:1-2 (Stockholm 1907-1943). Vol. II:1: 82 P. 150-151
Original location:
a. (Linnean Society, London, I, 324-325).
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Other version:
Bref och skrifvelser af och till Carl von Linné
, Volume II:1, p. 150 - 151
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Carolina Rediviva, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 1
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SE 751 20 Uppsala
Linnaean correspondence
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urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-233967
(nbn)
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L5393
(Linnébrev)
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(alvin)
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