Letter 4271

Breyne received a letter from Dr Amman. He informs Sloane of the publication of his natural historical book. Breyne dedicated it to Sloane. He has sent copies for Dillenius and Miller and suggests that an extract is published in the Philosophical Transactions. Miller has sent him some plant specimens. Breyne requests the latest edition of the Philosophical Transactions, Catesby’s book, and Martin’s most recent work, if it has been published. Sloane is to send these things to Breyne, not Klein. 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).