| RefNo | CLP/10ii/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of the cinnamon tree in Ceylon and its several sorts' by Albertus Seba |
| Date | 1720s |
| Description | Details about different types of cinnamon and about trade in cinnamon; details about its medicinal qualities. Communicated by the Chief Inspector of the cinnamon trade and manufacture in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] to Albertus Seba, a druggist in Amsterdam.
Subject: Botany
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the cinnamon tree in Ceylon, and its several sorts'.
Translated from Latin by Dr [Johann Jakob] Scheuzer [Scheuchzer]. Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1727. |
| Extent | 31p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0012
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36 (1729), p 97 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/13/23 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA312 | Seba; Albertus (1665 - 1736) | 1665 - 1736 |
| NA1410 | Scheuchzer; Johann Jakob (1672 - 1733) | 1672 - 1733 |