Letter 3593

Breyne did not receive an answer to his last letter, which included messages to Dr Dillenius and James Sherard. He hopes to hear how his amber specimens, sent with Captain Keble, were received. Breyne had sent amber specimens and insects with Mr Kenworthy to Sloane. G. Sellius, Breyne’s ‘Country man and Friend’, is the carrier of this letter. Sellius is a ‘Disciple of the Celebrated Philosopher Wolf in Germany’ and has studied philosophy and mathematics. Breyne recommends him to Sloane. Johann Philipp Breyne (1680-1764) was a German botanist, zoologist, and entomologist known primarily for his work on the Polish cochineal, or Porphyrophora polonica, used in red dye production. He became a fellow of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Breyne).