Sibthorpe, Humphrey, M.D. (1712-1797), botanist

Autograph fragment from a botanical diary, describing fungi found in his brother's copses at Skimpans, Hertfordshire.

18th century

1 item

This fragment was formerly believed to belong to the papers of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) and calendared as such in W. Dawson, The Banks Letters (London, 1958), p.752, but there is no good evidence for such a provenance.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts