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032-003441634

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Title:

Collection of original treatises and letters of Jacobus Theodorus Klein, addressed to Sir Hans Sloane, accompanied with coloured drawings of fossils, animals, insects &c.; with letters from J. T. Klein, J. P. Breyn and J. Burnet

Scope & Content:

Collection of original treatises and letters of Jacobus Theodorus Klein, addressed to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., President of the Royal Society, accompanied with colored drawings of fossils, animals, insects &c. viz.

1. ‘De Belemnitis et Alveolis’: with ‘Schenchzeri ad Klein Dantiscanum Έπιλεγόμενα’ (accompanied with four sheets of drawings). ff. 1-9. See art. 32.

2. De Sciuro volante, sive Muro Pontico auth Scythico-Gesneri, et Vespertilione admirabilii Bontii’ (with a sheet of drawings). Dat. Nov. 1732. ff. 96-11. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 427

3. ‘De Alveolis rite collocandis’. Dat. cal. Junii, 1729 (with six sheets of drawings). ff. 12-21

4. ‘Specimen lithologicum, Entrochus Ramosus Gothlandiae referens’ (with ficve sheets of drawings). ff. 22-28

5. De Osse Bregmatis giganteo. Dat. Nov. 1735 (with two sheets of drawings). ff. 29-33. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 456

6. ‘In Insectum Aquaticum’ [Sclopendiam scutatam][i.e. scolopendram scutatam]. Dat. June, 1730 (with a sheet of drawings). ff. 34-36. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 447

7. ‘De litteris in media Fagi repertis’. Dat. 19 Oct. 1729 (with a drawing). ff. 37-39. A translation printed in Phil. Trans. no. 454

8. ‘Ex veterum Prussorum Re Antiquaria Schediasma’. Dat. June 1737 (with a drawing of an Armill, and two rings). ff. 40-42. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 457

9. De ostreis petrifactiis Relatio Cornelii L Bruyn, illustrate per J. T. Klein. Dat. Oct. 1740’ (with a sheet of drawings). ff. 43, 44. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 459

10. De Luporum lumbricis. Epistola ad D. Hans Sloane, Bar. Dat. Gedani [Danzig], 3 Dec. 1726 (the drawings are wanting). ff. 45, 46. A translation is in Phil. Trans. no. 413

11. De cranis Bovino fossili, circa civitatem Dirschau e terra eruto; epistola ad eundem. Dat. Gedani, 4 Jul. 1730 (with three sheets of drawings). ff. 47-51. See art. 30

12. De Entrochis ramosis epistola. Dat. Gedani, 9 Cal. Junii, 1723 (with a sheet of drawings). ff. 52, 53

13. De Belemnitis epistola ad eundem. Dat. Dantisci, 6 id. Dec., 1728 (References are made to the drawings in art. 1). ff. 54, 55

14. De Alveolis rite collocandis epistola ad eundem. Dat. Gedani, 6 Cal. Junii, 1729. (see art. 3). ff. 56, 57

15. ‘Prodromus I. Historiae Piscium quadantenus emendae. 1736’. ff. 57-60. (See Phil. Trans.no. 462)

16. ‘Naturalis Dispositio Echinodermatum. Accedit Lubratiuncula de Aculeis Echinorum marinorum, cum Spicilegio de Belemnitis’ (the drawings are wanting). ff. 61-85

17. ‘Ferae Voluctres utriusque Prussiae, quarum icones occurratae desiderantur’ (drawings wanting). ff. 85-88.

18. ‘Tentamen dispositionis Animalium Terrestrium’. f. 89

19. ‘Specialis Tabula synoptica, sistens Cochlides & Conchas. f. 90

20. Epistola J. Th. Kleinii ad D. Hans Sloane, Bart. Dat. Dantisci, prid. id. Jan. 1730. f. 91

21. Epistola J. Th. Kleinii ad D. Hans Sloane, Bart. Dat. Gedani, 9 Aug. 1730. f. 92

22. Epistola J. Th. Kleinii ad D. Hans Sloane, Bart. Dat. Dantisic, 20 Dec. 1733. f. 93

23. Letter from John Phillip Brayne, M.D., F.R.S., to Sir Hans Sloane, with a description of the mammoth’s bones dug up in Siberia. Dat. Dantzig, 28 Sept. 1735. f. 94-96. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 446

24. ‘Ossium diluvianorum Animalis vulgo dicto Mammoth Sibiricum, adumbratio ichnographica’, per Mich. Wolockowicz. Dat. Irkutsiae, 10 Feb. 1724 (with six sheets of drawings). ff. 97-104. Inclosed in Dr. Brayne’s communication [i.e. no. 23]

25. ‘Observatio de immodico Lapidum Cancrorum usu, a J. P. Breynio, cum D. Hans Sloane R.S. Pr. communicata’. Nov 1735 (with a sheet of drawings). ff. 105, 106. Printed in Phil. Trans. no. 459

26. Methodus Botanica; cum Tabulis. ff. 107-112

27. Letter from J. Burnet, member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Science, to Sir Hans Sloane, respecting the monstrous birth of a child with two heads at Midina Sidonia, in Andalusia. Dat. Madrid 31 May, 1736 (with a drawing). ff. 113, 114

28. Drawing of the bones found at Chartham by Mr. Somner, referred to in the Phil. Trans. no.272, 1701. f. 115

29. Drawings of the Fossil Cranium found at Dirschau. (these belong to Art. 11). ff. 116-119

30. ‘Prima adumbration Cranii Orcae’, f. 120

31. Two sheets of drawings of fossils, which belong to Art. 1. ff. 121, 122

32. Drawing of a person afflicted with a species of Plica Polonica. f. 123

33. ‘Delphacum dentes, prout inter se differunt’ (a drawing). f. 124

34. Drawing of an extraordinary wen on a man’s face. f. 125

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume

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Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1701

End Date:

1737

Date Range:

1701-1737

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