Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – May 21, 1706
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Date: May 21, 1706 Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: f. 166
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Latin
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British Library, London
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Collections, Scholarship
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Botany, Plants, Publishing, Specimens
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May 21, 1706
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Zurich
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John Thorpe Phillip von Kammeren John Woodward
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Scheuchzer discusses the publication of his books. It was released in London in 1708 as ‘Itinera alpina tria’ and dedicated to the Royal Society. He includes some botanical specimens with the letter. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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