Letter 1583

Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – January 30, 1714


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Date: January 30, 1714
Author: Johann Philipp Breyne
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 222



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Breyne sends the catalogue of Gottwald’s collection. 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).




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