Letter 1211

Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot to Hans Sloane – December 25, 1701


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Date: December 25, 1701
Author: Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 277-278



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Bonnet Bourdelot comments on Sloane’s library catalogue. He compares them to his own library catalogue and those of Van der Linden and Mercklin. Bonnet Bourdelot believes knowledge of English is now more important for a physician than is Greek. Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot was physician to Louis XIV and the Duchess of Burgundy.




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