The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 14/4/78. ¶ ¶ Recently, dear Sir Redmond, I received from Dulau & Co of Soho Square a copy of the extremely rare "systema naturae" of Linné, ¶ a work valued so much as it gave the first outlines of t...

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VPRS 5831/PO/7, correspondence inward — miscellaneous letters, p. 142, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria 1869-1944, Public Record Office, Victoria. 78.04.14b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1878-04-14 [78.04.14b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1870-9/1878/78-04-14b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS annotation by R. Berry: 'Mr Sheffield be so good as to say whet. you have this work'.

14/4/78.

Recently, dear Sir Redmond, I received from Dulau & Co of Soho Square a copy of the extremely rare "systema naturae" of Linné,

Linnaeus (1735); there is no copy listed in Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery [of Victoria] (1861), but there is a copy listed in Public Library of Victoria (1880), p. 794. M owned a copy of the 'edition reformata' (i.e. Linné (1776-8)); see M to J. McCulloch, 30 September 1865 (B65.10.01), which also lists the title without edition number, as well as Gmelin's editon (Linné (1789-91)).

a work valued so much as it gave the first outlines of the Linnéan System & fixed many genera, before the "genera plantarum" were published. Mess Dulau thought to have conferred on me an extreme favor by securing this copy for five £, but I am too poor to purchase even the most needful recent works, after my Department became destroyed and nearly all votes withdrawn from me. I shall send the work back again, unless you like to secure this rare literary treasure for the public Library.

Regardfully

Ferd. von Mueller.