RefNo | CB/1/1/145 |
AltRefNo | BLA.B.62 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square to Charles Blagden |
Date | 8 March 1815 |
Description | Jomard has arrived safely and talks of taking casts of Egyptian hieroglyphics in fusible metal. Is sending letter with Mr Wilkin, the proprietor of one of the Rolling Printing Presses who is looking for a partner to set up a Press in Paris. Baron Moll's collection may be bought [by the British Museum] in preference to Dree's collection, cannot undertake to keep Adanson's collection separate. |
Extent | 1 sheet |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Item 324, The Banks Letters, A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum... London, 1958. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |