Letter 0586

Anna Hermann to Hans Sloane – July 4, 1699


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Date: July 4, 1699
Author: Anna Hermann
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 297-298



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Hermann writes to inform Sloane that the publishing of her husband’s book has been progressing slowly. She solicits Sloane’s advice on how to distribute the work to booksellers. Anna Hermann was the wife of Leiden-based physician and botanist Paul Hermann (1646-1695) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hermann).




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