Letter 1522

Scheuchzer received a copy of his newly published ‘Itinera alpina tria’ (Three Alpine Journeys) and is pleased with it. He is currently working on a natural history of Switzerland. Enclosed are some botanical specimens. 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).