Letter 1212

Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – January 17, 1702


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Date: January 17, 1702
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 290-291



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Geoffroy describes four types of sand he collected in Italy in detail. He thanks Sloane for sending the seeds and recounts the properties of a plant which can be combined with the purgative ‘Senna’. Bonnet Bourdelot is awaiting a catalogue of books. Etienne Francois Geoffroy (1672-1731) was an apothecary and physician who studied at Montpellier, like Sloane, and worked at the Jardin du Roi and College Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Francois_Geoffroy).




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