Letter 3818

[fol. 239] North Bierley May 22 1731 Hon ed Sr I sometime agoe received the favoure of yr obliging letter & the last weeke yr very acceptable & valuable present of Bookes by the Carier from which & all other yr former favours of the same kind I must always remain yr debtor; Mr Brewer is now in this neighbourhood to whome I communicated that part of yr letter relating to him he tells me he has a great number of mosses that are not in the Synopsis & is very inclined to serve yu in any thing he has, & desires he may have a list of yr wants & I wil very readily assist him with any thing that I have there are still many scarce Bookes in Botany & not History that I want from where to procure them I know not except from yu, & I am realy ashamed after so many favours received to send an other List of my wants though yu are to obliging as to desire it there are some pieces of Bellonius I have not, as Hystoire naturel des Estrange poisons petri Bellonis de Aquailious lib: dw p: Bellon de la nature et diversitie des poisons There are some other Tracts of his mentioned by elusions vis de serpents [?] de Insects de Agriculduia et Commentaria in Diasoridem which I never met with I: Ire: sed Lunchzeri pisciu querele et Indiue Butneri rudera Dilivy testis I: Baptist Temmtesti observationes de [?] et vegitatione plantaru Ejussen vindieza veritatis Joachimi fungy Isagoge phytoscopice grisle vendorium Lusitanicum There are also some of petivers workes which I have not viz has Concordia gremmin de Filicibus whether he printed any more then Tea Tables of English plants I know not I have seen no more. Pardon this further freedome & believe me to be upon all occasions your much obliged servant Ric: Richardson